# L_2019128EN.01000101.xml

| 16.5.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 128/1 |
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16.5.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 118/2017

of 7 July 2017

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/725]

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) 2016/1843 of 18 October 2016 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1843 of 18 October 2016 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella (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 152 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2008) in Part 1.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘153. | 32016 R 1843: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1843 of 18 October 2016 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 38).’ |
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‘153.

32016 R 1843: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1843 of 18 October 2016 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 38).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1843 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 8 July 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, 7 July 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 38.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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