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| 4.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 211/8 |
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4.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 211/8

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 78/2015

of 30 April 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/1261]

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 Implementing Decision 2014/745/EU of 28 March 2014 amending Decision 98/536/EC as regards the list of national reference laboratories (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/745/EU of 28 March 2014 amending Decision 98/536/EC as regards the list of national reference laboratories (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. |
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(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, |
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(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 39 (Commission Decision 98/536/EC) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the following indent is added:






  ‘— | 32014 D 0745: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/745/EU of 28 March 2014 (OJ L 308, 29.10.2014, p. 104).’; |
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(1)

the following indent is added:

‘—

32014 D 0745: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/745/EU of 28 March 2014 (OJ L 308, 29.10.2014, p. 104).’;

| (2) | the adaptation text is replaced by the following:







  ‘Member State | Reference laboratories | Groups of residues |
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| Iceland | Livsmedelsverket |
| Box 622 |
| S-751 26 Uppsala |

(2)

the adaptation text is replaced by the following:

‘Member State

Reference laboratories

Groups of residues

Iceland

Livsmedelsverket

Box 622

S-751 26 Uppsala

All groups except B3c

| Matis |
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| Vinlandsleid 12 |
| IS-110 Reykjavik |

Matis

Vinlandsleid 12

IS-110 Reykjavik

B3c

Norway

| Seafood: The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research |
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| Box 2029 Nordnes |
| N-5817 Bergen |

Seafood: The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research

Box 2029 Nordnes

N-5817 Bergen

B1, B2a, B2b, B2e, B2f (carbadox, olakindox), B3c, B3e’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision 2014/745/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 1 May 2015, 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, 30 April 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 308, 29.10.2014, p. 104.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

*1

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