# L_2019192EN.01005301.xml

| 18.7.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 192/53 |
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18.7.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 192/53

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 99/2019

of 11 April 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1229]

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) 2019/591 of 11 April 2019 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 as regards the inclusion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and certain of its Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries authorised for the introduction into the Union of consignments of hay and straw (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/591 of 11 April 2019 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 as regards the inclusion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and certain of its Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries authorised for the introduction into the Union of consignments of hay and straw (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/589 of 11 April 2019 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the inclusion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and certain of its Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments authorised for the introduction into the European Union of consignments of aquaculture animals (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/589 of 11 April 2019 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 as regards the inclusion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and certain of its Crown Dependencies in the list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments authorised for the introduction into the European Union of consignments of aquaculture animals (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/599 of 11 April 2019 amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its Crown Dependencies (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/599 of 11 April 2019 amending the Annex to Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its Crown Dependencies (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | 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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(4)

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.

| (5) | Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(5)

Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 115 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004) in Part 1.2:






  ‘— | 32019 R 0591: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/591 of 11 April 2019 (OJ L 100I, 11.4.2019, p. 20)’. |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 115 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004) in Part 1.2:

‘—

32019 R 0591: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/591 of 11 April 2019 (OJ L 100I, 11.4.2019, p. 20)’.

| 2. | The following indent is added in point 86 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008) in Part 4.2:






  ‘— | 32019 R 0589: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/589 of 11 April 2019 (OJ L 100I, 11.4.2019, p. 14)’. |
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2.

The following indent is added in point 86 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008) in Part 4.2:

‘—

32019 R 0589: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/589 of 11 April 2019 (OJ L 100I, 11.4.2019, p. 14)’.

| 3. | The following indent is added in point 49 (Commission Decision 2007/453/EC) in Part 7.2:






  ‘— | 32019 D 0599: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/599 of 11 April 2019 (OJ L 103, 12.4.2019, p. 31)’. |
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3.

The following indent is added in point 49 (Commission Decision 2007/453/EC) in Part 7.2:

‘—

32019 D 0599: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/599 of 11 April 2019 (OJ L 103, 12.4.2019, p. 31)’.

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2019/589 and (EU) 2019/591 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/599 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 12 April 2019, 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, 11 April 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 100I, 11.4.2019, p. 20.

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(2)  
  OJ L100I, 11.4.2019, p. 14.

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(3)  
  OJ L 103, 12.4.2019, p. 31.

3

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

*1

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