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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/229",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 April 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (2012/229/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-229",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 24 April 2012\non the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement\n(2012/229/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43, Article 168(4)(b) and Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAnnex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’) contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.\n(2)\nRegulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin should be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 repealed Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amended Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 of 22 December 2009 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin, as corrected in OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 72, should also be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.\n(3)\nAnnex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(4)\nThe position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Directive 2001/82/EC of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ L 15, 20.1.2010, p. 1."
    }
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