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1 E U R O P E A N E C O N O M I C A R E A J O I N T C O M M I T T E E Restricted Ref. 2 May 2013 ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THIRD MEETING Friday, 3 May 2013 at EEAS Building, Rond-Point Schuman 9A, Block LOI, floor 4, Room A372, 1046 Brussels President: Mr Gianluca Grippa (European External Action Service) EFTA Chairman: Ambassador Kurt Jäger 1. Adoption of the agenda Draft agenda 2. Approval of the minutes of the 182 nd EEA Joint Committee meeting of 15 March Minutes of the Subcommittees I-II-III-IV meetings of 5 March 2013 and 23 April Decisions Decision No 51/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 45/2012 (the content of the movement documents) Decision No 52/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Decision 2012/449/EU (declaration of Latvia as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free Member State) Decision No 53/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 278/2012 (determination of the levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 843/2012 (authorisation of endo-1,4-beta-xylanase produced by Aspergillus niger (CBS ) as a feed additive for turkeys reared for breeding, minor avian species for fattening and reared for laying or breeding and ornamental birds (holder of authorisation BASF SE)), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 870/2012 (authorisation of naringin as a feed additive for all animal species) Decision No 54/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Directive 2012/8/EU (implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species) Decision No 55/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) & Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 880/2011 (lists and names of EU reference laboratories)

2 -2- Decision No 56/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) & Agreement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 489/2012 (addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods), Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 (maximum residue levels for spinosad in or on raspberries) Decision No 57/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) & Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 (maximum residue levels for acibenzolar-s-methyl, amisulbrom, cyazofamid, diflufenican, dimoxystrobin, methoxyfenozide and nicotine in or on certain products), Commission Regulation (EU) No 899/2012 (maximum residue levels for acephate, alachlor, anilazine, azocyclotin, benfuracarb, butylate, captafol, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, chlorfenapyr, chlorthal-dimethyl, chlorthiamid, cyhexatin, diazinon, dichlobenil, dicofol, dimethipin, diniconazole, disulfoton, fenitrothion, flufenzin, furathiocarb, hexaconazole, lactofen, mepronil, methamidophos, methoprene, monocrotophos, monuron, oxycarboxin, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion-methyl, phorate, phosalone, procymidone, profenofos, propachlor, quinclorac, quintozene, tolylfluanid, trichlorfon, tridemorph and trifluralin in or on certain products and amending that Regulation by establishing Annex V listing default values) Decision No 58/2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) & Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 (maximum residue levels for bifenazate, captan, cyprodinil, fluopicolide, hexythiazox, isoprothiolane, metaldehyde, oxadixyl and phosmet in or on certain products) Decision No 59/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2012 (typeapproval requirements for motor vehicles fuelled by hydrogen and mixtures of hydrogen and natural gas with respect to emissions, and the inclusion of specific information regarding vehicles fitted with an electric power train in the information document for the purpose of EC type-approval) Decision No 60/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1229/2012 (establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive)) Decision No 61/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Directive 2012/24/EU (approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the power take-offs of tractors and their protection) Decision No 62/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Directive 2012/12/EU (fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption) Decision No 63/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1047/2012 (list of nutrition claims), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1048/2012 (authorisation of a health claim made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1049/2012 (use of polyglycitol syrup in several food categories), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1050/2012 (specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 (Polyglycitol syrup), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1056/2012 (food enzymes with regard to transitional measures), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1057/2012 (use of dimethyl polysiloxane (E 900) as an anti-foaming agent in food supplements), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1058/2012 (maximum levels for aflatoxins in dried figs), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1149/2012 (use of extracts of rosemary (E 392) in fillings of stuffed dry pasta), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1148/2012 (use of sulphur dioxide sulphites (E 220-

3 -3-228) and propane-1, 2-diol alginate (E 405) in fermented grape must-based drinks), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1147/2012 (use of beeswax (E 901), carnauba wax (E 903), shellac (E 904) and microcrystalline wax (E 905) on certain fruits), Commission Regulation (EU) No 1183/2012 (plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as amended and corrected by OJ L 349, , p. 77.) Decision No 64/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 (coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2013, 2014 and 2015 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin) Decision No 65/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 712/2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 (examination of variations to the terms of marketing authorisations for medicinal products for human use and veterinary medicinal products) Decision No 66/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Directive 2012/14/EU (inclusion of methyl nonyl ketone as an active substance in Annex I of EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC), Commission Directive 2012/15/EU (inclusion of margosa extract as an active substance in Annex I of EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC), Commission Directive 2012/16/EU (inclusion of hydrochloric acid as an active substance in Annex I of EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC), Commission Decision 2012/254/EU (non-inclusion of dichlorvos for product type 18 in Annex I, IA or IB to EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC (placing of biocidal products on the market (notified under document c(2012) 3016)), Commission Decision 2012/257/EU (non-inclusion of naled for product type 18 in Annex I, IA or IB to EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC (placing of biocidal products on the market (notified under document C(2012) 3050)), Commission Directive 2012/20/EU (inclusion of flufenoxuron as an active substance for product-type 8 in Annex I of EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC), Commission Directive 2012/22/EU (inclusion of DDACarbonate as an active substance in Annex I of EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC), Commission Decision (setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 14-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of EP & Council Directive 98/8/EC) Decision No 67/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Directive 2011/65/EU (restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment), Commission Delegated Directive 2012/50/EU (exemption for applications containing lead), Commission Delegated Directive 2012/51/EU amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to EP & Council Directive 2011/65/EU (exemption for applications containing cadmium) Decision No 68/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Decision 2011/534/EU (exemptions for applications containing lead or cadmium (notified under document C(2011) 6309)) Decision No 69/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2012 (persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I), Commission Regulation (EU) No 640/2012 (test methods pursuant to EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)) Decision No 70/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 494/2011 (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium)) Decision No 71/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 835/2012

4 -4- (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (Cadmium)) Decision No 72/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 836/2012 (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead) Decision No 73/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Directive 2012/21/EU (cosmetic products) Decision No 74/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Directive 2011/63/EU (quality of petrol and diesel fuels) Decision No 75/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 (laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 363/2012 (procedural rules for the recognition and withdrawal of recognition of monitoring organisations as provided for in EP & Council Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 607/2012 (detailed rules concerning the due diligence system and the frequency and nature of the checks on monitoring organisations as provided for in EP & Council Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market) Decision No 76/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement Commission Directive 2010/26/EU (approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery) Decision No 77/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) & Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 (energy labelling of electrical lamps and luminaires) Decision No 78/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) & Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 (ecodesign requirements for household tumble driers) Decision No 79/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) & Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2012 (ecodesign requirements for water pumps), Commission Regulation (EU) No 622/2012 (ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products) Decision No 80/2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) & Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement Clean-up of Annex II Chapter 17 and Annex XX Decision No 81/2013 amending Annex VI (Social Security) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1224/2012 (coordination of social security systems) and EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 (laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004) Decision No 82/2013 amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Directive 2012/23/EU (date for its transposition and the date of its application, and the date of repeal of certain Directives)

5 -5- Decision No 83/2013 amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 311/2012 (elements related to prospectuses and advertisements), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 486/2012 (the format and the content of the prospectus, the base prospectus, the summary and the final terms and as regards the disclosure requirements, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 862/2012 (information on the consent to use of the prospectus, information on underlying indexes and the requirement for a report prepared by independent accountants or auditors) Decision No 84/2013 amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Decision 2012/627/EU (recognition of the legal and supervisory framework of Australia as equivalent to the requirements of EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies), Commission Implementing Decision 2012/628/EU (recognition of the legal and supervisory framework of the United States of America as equivalent to the requirements of EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies), Commission Implementing Decision 2012/630/EU (recognition of the legal and supervisory framework of Canada as equivalent to the requirements of EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies) Decision No 85/2013 amending Annex XI (Electronic Communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 (implementation of the.eu Top Level Domain), Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 (laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the.eu Top level Domain and the principles governing registration), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1654/2005 (laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the.eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1255/2007 (laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the.eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration), Commission Regulation (EC) No 560/2009 (laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the.eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration), Commission Decision 2003/375/EC (designation of the.eu Top Level Domain Registry) Decision No 86/2013 amending Annex XII (Free Movement of Capital) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (cross-border payments in the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001), EP & Council Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 (technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009) Decision No 87/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 665/2012 (technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem 'telematics applications for passenger services' of the trans- European rail system) Decision No 88/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement Commission Directive 2012/49/EU (technical requirements for inland waterway vessels), Commission Directive 2012/48/EU (technical requirements for inland waterway vessels) Decision No 89/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Directive 2010/65/EU (reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC) Decision No 90/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 494/2012 (fees and charges levied by the European Aviation Safety Agency) Decision No 91/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1332/2011 (common airspace usage requirements and operating procedures for airborne collision avoidance)

6 -6- Decision No 92/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 176/2011 (information to be provided before the establishment and modification of a functional airspace block) Decision No 93/2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011 (requirements on aircraft identification for surveillance for the single European sky) Decision No 94/2013 amending Annex XVII (Intellectual property) to the EEA Agreement EP & Council Directive 2011/77/EU (terms of protection of copyright and certain related rights) Decision No 95/2013 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement Clean-up of Annex XX - Ecolabel Decisions linked to 32010R0066 Decision No 96/2013 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 109/2013 (list of aircraft operators that performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I to EP & Council Directive 2003/87/EC on or after 1 January 2006 specifying the administering Member State for each aircraft operator also taking into consideration the expansion of the Union emission trading scheme to EEA- EFTA countries) Decision No 97/2013 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 81/2013 (micro-data files for the transmission of data) Decision No 98/2013 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 (Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories) Decision No 99/2013 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 555/2012 (Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment, as regards the update of data requirements and definitions) Decision No 100/2013 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement Commission Regulation (EU) No 1083/2012 (EC) No 808/2004 (Community statistics on the information society) Decision No 101/2013 amending Protocol 31 (on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) to the EEA Agreement Budget lines and (2013) 5. Monitoring of outstanding legal acts 6. List of acquis subject to simplified procedure 1st quarter of Proposed meeting schedule for the JC and Subcommittees in the second half of Other business Notification from Iceland regarding revision of protective measures notified under Article 43 of the EEA Agreement EEA EFTA Comment on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the Internal Market (COM (2012) 238).

7 -7- EEA EFTA Comment on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on occurrence reporting in civil aviation amending Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 and repealing Directive No 2003/42/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1321/2007 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1330/2007 COM (2012) 776. Request from Iceland to amend the adaptation text of Joint Committee Decision No 95/2008, by including an adaptation text that would exempt Iceland from the obligation under Regulation 722/2007 to remove specified risk material from cattle