# L_2016093EN.01000501.xml

| 7.4.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 93/5 |
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7.4.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 93/5

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 3/2015

of 25 February 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/491]

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 2014/160/EU of 20 March 2014 repealing lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of certain products of animal origin adopted on the basis of Council Decision 95/408/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/160/EU of 20 March 2014 repealing lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of certain products of animal origin adopted on the basis of Council Decision 95/408/EC (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 point is inserted after point 18 (Council Decision 95/408/EC) in Part 8.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘19. | 32014 D 0160: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/160/EU of 20 March 2014 repealing lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of certain products of animal origin adopted on the basis of Council Decision 95/408/EC (OJ L 87, 22.3.2014, p. 104).’. |
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Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision 2014/160/EU 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 26 February 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, 25 February 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 87, 22.3.2014, p. 104.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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