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| 23.9.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 337/15 |
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23.9.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/15

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 229/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1496]

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) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on fishery products caught by vessels flying the flag of a Member State and introduced into Union after being transferred in third countries and establishing a model health certificate for those products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on fishery products caught by vessels flying the flag of a Member State and introduced into Union after being transferred in third countries and establishing a model health certificate for those products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) detection method (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) detection method (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II 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, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

| (4) | Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indents are added in points 134 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) in Part 1.2 and 53 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I:






  ‘- | 32017 R 1973: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21), |
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1.

The following indents are added in points 134 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) in Part 1.2 and 53 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I:

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32017 R 1973: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21),

| - | 32017 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8).’ |
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32017 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8).’

| 2. | The following indents are added in point 31k (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) of Chapter II:






  ‘- | 32017 R 1973: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21), |
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2.

The following indents are added in point 31k (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) of Chapter II:

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32017 R 1973: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21),

| - | 32017 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8).’ |
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32017 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8).’

Article 2

The following indents are added in point 54zzzk (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘- | 32017 R 1973: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21), |
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32017 R 1973: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 (OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21),

| - | 32017 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8).’ |
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32017 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8).’

Article 3

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/1973 and (EU) 2017/1980 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

Article 5

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, 5 December 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

The Secretaries

To the EEA Joint Committee

Hege M. HOFF

Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI

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(1)  
  OJ L 281, 31.10.2017, p. 21.

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(2)  
  OJ L 285, 1.11.2017, p. 8.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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