# L_2022291EN.01001801.xml

| 10.11.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 291/18 |
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10.11.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 291/18

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 146/2019

of 14 June 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2138]

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) 2019/160 of 24 January 2019 providing for a temporary derogation from the conditions required for certified seed provided for in Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/160 of 24 January 2019 providing for a temporary derogation from the conditions required for certified seed provided for in Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/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 point is inserted after point 61 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2242) in Part 2 of Chapter III of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘62. | 32019 D 0160: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/160 of 24 January 2019 providing for a temporary derogation from the conditions required for certified seed provided for in Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC (OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 75).’ |
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‘62.

32019 D 0160: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/160 of 24 January 2019 providing for a temporary derogation from the conditions required for certified seed provided for in Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC (OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 75).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/160 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 15 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 14 June 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 75.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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