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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 72/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/184]

OJ L 36, 7.2.2019, p. 8–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2019/184/oj

7.2.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 36/8


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 72/2017

of 5 May 2017

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/184]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 of 18 August 2016 amending certain Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters. Legislation regarding veterinary matters shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the sectoral adaptations to Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

(3)

Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The following indent is added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:

‘—

32016 R 1396: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 of 18 August 2016 (OJ L 225, 19.8.2016, p. 76).’

2.

The text of adaptation H. in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1396 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 May 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 5 May 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN


(1)  OJ L 225, 19.8.2016, p. 76.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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