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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/2016 of 5 February 2016 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1284]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/2016 of 5 February 2016 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1284]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/2016 of 5 February 2016 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1284]
OJ L 189, 20.7.2017, pp. 1–2
(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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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 189/1 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 1/2016
of 5 February 2016
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1284]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1358 of 4 August 2015 amending Annexes XI, XII and XV to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus and minimum bio-security standards applicable to them (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland. |
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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. |
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Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Point 1a (Council Directive 2003/85/EC) in Part 3.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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The following indent is added:
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The text of adaptation (b) is to be replaced by the following:
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Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1358 in the Norwegian language, 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 February 2016, 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 February 2016.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 209, 6.8.2015, p. 11.
(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.