# L_2020068EN.01000501.xml

| 5.3.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 68/5 |
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5.3.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 68/5

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 276/2019

of 13 December 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/295]

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 Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding phytosanitary matters. Legislation regarding phytosanitary 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 phytosanitary matters. Legislation regarding phytosanitary 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 indent is added in point 12 (Council Directive 2002/55/EC) of Chapter III of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32019 L 0990: Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 (OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 14).’ |
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32019 L 0990: Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 (OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 14).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 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 14 December 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, 13 December 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 14.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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