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4.10.2012 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 270/1 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 103/2012
of 15 June 2012
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
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Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 80/2012 of 30 April 2012 (1). |
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 of 14 July 2011 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1153/2011 of 30 August 2011 amending Annex Ib to Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the technical requirements for the anti-rabies vaccination (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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Commission Implementing Decision 2011/629/EU of 20 September 2011 amending Annex D to Council Directive 88/407/EEC as regards trade within the Union in semen of domestic animals of the bovine species dispatched from the semen collection and storage centres (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals and animal products such as ova, embryo and semen. 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 Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland. |
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This Decisions 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 Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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the following indent shall be added in point 10 (Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1:
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the following shall be inserted after point 148 (Commission Implementing Decision 2011/215/EU) in Part 1.2:
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the following indent shall be added in point 7 (Council Directive 88/407/EEC) in Part 4.1:
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the following indent shall be added in point 6 (Council Directive 88/407/EEC) in Part 8.1:
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the following point shall be inserted after point 12 (Council Directive 2008/119/EC) in Part 9.1:
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Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1152/2011 and (EU) No 1153/2011, Directive 2007/43/EC and Implementing Decision 2011/629/EU 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 16 June 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 15 June 2012.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The Acting President
Gianluca GRIPPA
(1) OJ L 248, 13.9.2012, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 296, 15.11.2011, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 296, 15.11.2011, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p. 22.
(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.