# L_2020228EN.01000701.xml

| 16.7.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 228/7 |
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16.7.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 228/7

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 4/2019

of 8 February 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/923]

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) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018 revoking the designation of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, as a European Reference Laboratory for the residues listed in Annex I, Group B(3)(c) to Council Directive 96/23/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018 revoking the designation of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, as a European Reference Laboratory for the residues listed in Annex I, Group B(3)(c) to Council Directive 96/23/EC (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 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 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

The following indent is added in points 11 (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I and 31j (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32018 R 1587: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018 (OJ L 264, 23.10.2018, p. 20).’ |
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32018 R 1587: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018 (OJ L 264, 23.10.2018, p. 20).’

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:

| ‘— | 32018 R 1587: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018 (OJ L 264, 23.10.2018, p. 20).’ |
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32018 R 1587: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 of 22 October 2018 (OJ L 264, 23.10.2018, p. 20).’

Article 3

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1587 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 9 February 2019, 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, 8 February 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 264, 23.10.2018, p. 20.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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