# L_2017263EN.01000101.xml

| 12.10.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 263/1 |
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12.10.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 263/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 295/2015

of 11 December 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1806]

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) 2015/819 of 22 May 2015 amending Annex F to Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the format of the model health certificates for intra-Union trade in bovine animals and swine (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/819 of 22 May 2015 amending Annex F to Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards the format of the model health certificates for intra-Union trade in bovine animals and swine (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 1 (Council Directive 64/432/EEC) in Part 4.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32015 D 0819: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/819 of 22 May 2015 (OJ L 129, 27.5.2015, p. 28).’. |
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32015 D 0819: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/819 of 22 May 2015 (OJ L 129, 27.5.2015, p. 28).’.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/819 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 12 December 2015, 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 December 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 129, 27.5.2015, p. 28.

1

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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