# L_2019128EN.01003501.xml

| 16.5.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 128/35 |
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16.5.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 139/2017

of 7 July 2017

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/746]

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 Regulation (EU) 2017/140 of 26 January 2017 designating the EU reference laboratory for diseases caused by capripox viruses (lumpy skin disease and sheep and goat pox), laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for this laboratory and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/140 of 26 January 2017 designating the EU reference laboratory for diseases caused by capripox viruses (lumpy skin disease and sheep and goat pox), laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for this laboratory and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II 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, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

| (3) | Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 11 (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I:






  — | ‘— | 32017 R 0140: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/140 of 26 January 2017 (OJ L 22, 27.1.2017, p. 10).’ |
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The following indent is added in point 11 (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I:

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| 2. | The following indent is added in point 31j (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Chapter II:






  — | ‘— | 32017 R 0140: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/140 of 26 January 2017 (OJ L 22, 27.1.2017, p. 10).’ |
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The following indent is added in point 31j (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Chapter II:

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Article 2

The following indent is added in point 54zzzi (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| — | ‘— | 32017 R 0140: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/140 of 26 January 2017 (OJ L 22, 27.1.2017, p. 10).’ |
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Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) 2017/140 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 8 July 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 5

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, 7 July 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 22, 27.1.2017, p. 10.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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