# L_2022291EN.01000501.xml

| 10.11.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 291/5 |
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10.11.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 291/5

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 139/2019

of 14 June 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2131]

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 (EU) 2018/1983 of 26 October 2018 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Italy as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free in relation to bovine herds (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1983 of 26 October 2018 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Italy as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free in relation to bovine herds (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland. |
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(2)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland.

| (3) | 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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(3)

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.

| (4) | Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32018 D 1983: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1983 of 26 October 2018 (OJ L 317, 14.12.2018, p. 22).’ |
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32018 D 1983: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1983 of 26 October 2018 (OJ L 317, 14.12.2018, p. 22).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1983 in the Norwegian language, 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 15 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 14 June 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 317, 14.12.2018, p. 22.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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