# L_2017161EN.01000101.xml

| 22.6.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 161/1 |
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22.6.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 233/2015

of 30 October 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1022]

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) | Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef (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

The following indent is added in point 7c (Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32014 R 0653: Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 33).’ |
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32014 R 0653: Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 33).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 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 November 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 October 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 33.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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