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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2013 of 1 February 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2013 of 1 February 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2013 of 1 February 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
OJ L 144, 30.5.2013, p. 5–5
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 11 Volume 132 P. 155 - 155
In force
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30.5.2013 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 144/5 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 4/2013
of 1 February 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:
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Commission Implementing Directive 2011/68/EU of 1 July 2011 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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Commission Implementing Decision 2012/340/EU of 25 June 2012 on the organisation of a temporary experiment under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards field inspection under official supervision for basic seed and bred seed of generations prior to basic seed (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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This Decision concerns legislation regarding phytosanitary matters. Legislation regarding phytosanitary 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
Chapter III of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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the following indent is added in points 14 (Commission Directive 2003/90/EC) and 15 (Commission Directive 2003/91/EC) in Part 1:
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under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following point is inserted after point 82 (Commission Decision 2010/680/EU):
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Article 2
The texts of Implementing Directive 2011/68/EU and Implementing Decision 2012/340/EU 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 2 February 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (3).
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, 1 February 2013.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Gianluca GRIPPA
(1) OJ L 175, 2.7.2011, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 166, 27.6.2012, p. 90.
(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.