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| 4.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 211/90 |
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4.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 211/90

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 129/2015

of 30 April 2015

amending Protocol 47 (on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine) to the EEA Agreement [2016/1312]

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 Regulation (EU) No 753/2013 of 2 August 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 753/2013 of 2 August 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms, labelling and presentation of certain wine sector products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine 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 seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein. |
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(2)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine 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 seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

| (3) | Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 11 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2009) of Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32013 R 0753: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 753/2013 of 2 August 2013 (OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p. 21).’ |
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32013 R 0753: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 753/2013 of 2 August 2013 (OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p. 21).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 753/2013 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 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 210, 6.8.2013, p. 21.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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