# L_2019323EN.01000701.xml

| 12.12.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 323/7 |
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12.12.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 323/7

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 4/2018

of 9 February 2018

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2040]

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 Regulation (EU) 2017/1261 of 12 July 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards an alternative method for processing certain rendered fats (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1261 of 12 July 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards an alternative method for processing certain rendered fats (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1262 of 12 July 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards the use of manure of farmed animals as a fuel in combustion plants (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1262 of 12 July 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards the use of manure of farmed animals as a fuel in combustion plants (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (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 indents are added in point 9c (Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32017 R 1261: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1261 of 12 July 2017 (OJ L 182, 13.7.2017, p. 31), |
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32017 R 1261: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1261 of 12 July 2017 (OJ L 182, 13.7.2017, p. 31),

| — | 32017 R 1262: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1262 of 12 July 2017 (OJ L 182, 13.7.2017, p. 34).’ |
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32017 R 1262: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1262 of 12 July 2017 (OJ L 182, 13.7.2017, p. 34).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/1261 and (EU) 2017/1262 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 10 February 2018, 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, 9 February 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 182, 13.7.2017, p. 31.

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(2)  
  OJ L 182, 13.7.2017, p. 34.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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