DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 213/2013

of 13 December 2013

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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 415/2013 of 6 May 2013 laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for the EU reference laboratories for rabies, bovine tuberculosis and bee health, amending Regulation (EC) No 737/2008 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 87/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Regulation (EU) No 415/2013 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2011 (2) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(3)

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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

the following indent is added in point 41 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2008)

‘—	32013 R 0415: Commission Regulation (EU) No 415/2013 of 6 May 2013 (OJ L 125, 7.5.2013, p. 7).’;

(2)

the following point is inserted after point 46 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 175/2010):

‘47.

32013 R 0415: Commission Regulation (EU) No 415/2013 of 6 May 2013 laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for the EU reference laboratories for rabies, bovine tuberculosis and bee health, amending Regulation (EC) No 737/2008 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 87/2011 (OJ L 125, 7.5.2013, p. 7).

This act applies to Iceland for the areas referred to in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part.’

Article 2

The text of the seventh indent (Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2011) in point 11 (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I of Annex I shall be deleted.

Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) No 415/2013 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 14 December 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 5

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, 13 December 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 125, 7.5.2013, p. 7.

(2) OJ L 29, 3.2.2011, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.