# L_2020026EN.01000301.xml

| 30.1.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 26/3 |
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30.1.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 26/3

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 36/2018

of 23 March 2018

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/53]

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) 2017/2316 of 12 December 2017 repealing Decision 92/176/EEC concerning maps to be provided for use for the Animo network (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2316 of 12 December 2017 repealing Decision 92/176/EEC concerning maps to be provided for use for the Animo network (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2316 repeals Commission Decision 92/176/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2316 repeals Commission Decision 92/176/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 text of point 6 (Commission Decision 92/176/EEC) in Part 1.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2316 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 24 March 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, 23 March 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 331, 14.12.2017, p. 78.

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(2)  
  OJ L 80, 25.3.1992, p. 33.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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