# L_2017008EN.01000101.xml

| 12.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 8/1 |
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12.1.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 8/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 175/2015

of 10 July 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/15]

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 (EU) 2015/567 of 7 April 2015 amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as an officially tuberculosis-free Member State as regards bovine herds (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/567 of 7 April 2015 amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Lithuania as an officially tuberculosis-free Member State as regards bovine herds (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland. |
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(2)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland.

| (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. |
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(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, |
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(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32015 D 0567: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/567 of 7 April 2015 (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 69).’. |
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32015 D 0567: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/567 of 7 April 2015 (OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 69).’.

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/567 in the Norwegian language, 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 11 July 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, 10 July 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

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(1)  
  OJ L 93, 9.4.2015, p. 69.

1

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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