DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 218/2013

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 Agreemen’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2013 of 1 July 2013 concerning the authorisation of zinc chelate of methionine (1:2) as a feed additive for all animal species (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs 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

The following point is inserted after point 93 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 725/2013) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

‘94.	32013 R 0636: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2013 of 1 July 2013 concerning the authorisation of zinc chelate of methionine (1:2) as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 183, 2.7.2013, p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 636/2013 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 3

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 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, 13 December 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 183, 2.7.2013, p. 3.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.