DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 199/2015

of 25 September 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/506]

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 717/2013 of 25 July 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards the entries for animal welfare in certain model health certificates (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

The following indent is added in point 9c (Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

‘—	32013 R 0717: Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2013 of 25 July 2013 (OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 31).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 717/2013 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 26 September 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 197/2015 of 25 September 2015 (2), whichever is the later.

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, 25 September 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Ingrid SCHULERUD

(1) OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 31.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2) See p. 1 of this Official Journal.