# L_2019254EN.01000701.xml

| 3.10.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 254/7 |
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3.10.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 254/7

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 211/2017

of 15 December 2017

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1620]

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) 2017/893 of 24 May 2017 amending Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes X, XIV and XV to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards the provisions on processed animal protein (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/893 of 24 May 2017 amending Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes X, XIV and XV to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards the provisions on processed animal protein (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 points 9c (Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011) and 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32017 R 0893: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/893 of 24 May 2017 (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 92).’ |
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32017 R 0893: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/893 of 24 May 2017 (OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 92).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2017/893 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 16 December 2017, 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, 15 December 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 92.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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