Article 1

Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. 1..

   The following is added after point 97 (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

   1. 98..

      ‘ 31997 R 0258: Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1), as amended by:

      • 32003 R 1829: Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1),

      • 32008 R 1332: Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 7).

      The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

      The following shall be added to Article 7:

      When the Commission takes authorization decisions, the EFTA States will simultaneously and within 30 days of the Community Decision, take corresponding decisions. The EEA Joint Committee shall be informed, and shall periodically publish lists of such decisions in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal.

      Should any disagreement between the contracting parties arise to the administration of these provisions, Part VII of the Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.

   2. 99..

      32001 R 1852: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 of 20 September 2001 laying down detailed rules for making certain information available to the public and for the protection of information submitted pursuant to European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 258/97 (OJ L 253, 21.9.2001, p. 17).’.

2. 2..

   Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following point is added after point 16 (Commission Recommendation 2013/647/EU):

   ‘17.

   31997 H 0618: Commission Recommendation 97/618/EC of 29 July 1997 concerning the scientific aspects and the presentation of information necessary to support applications for the placing on the market of novel foods and novel food ingredients and the preparation of initial assessment reports under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 253, 16.9.1997, p. 1).’.