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| 17.11.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 298/1 |
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17.11.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 298/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 183/2019

of 10 July 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2207]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 of 21 November 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 of 21 November 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 of 18 June 2018 adopting the list of Member States, or parts of the territory of Member States, that comply with the rules for categorisation laid down in Article 2(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 concerning the application of preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 of 18 June 2018 adopting the list of Member States, or parts of the territory of Member States, that comply with the rules for categorisation laid down in Article 2(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 concerning the application of preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 repeals Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (3) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 repeals Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (3) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | 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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(4)

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.

| (5) | 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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(5)

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.

| (6) | Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(6)

Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following point is inserted after point 10a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013) in Part 1.1:






  ‘10b. | 32018 R 0772: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 of 21 November 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (OJ L 130, 28.5.2018, p. 1).
  This act shall not apply to Iceland.’ |
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1.

The following point is inserted after point 10a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013) in Part 1.1:

‘10b.

32018 R 0772: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 of 21 November 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (OJ L 130, 28.5.2018, p. 1).

This act shall not apply to Iceland.’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 154 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949) in Part 1.2:






  ‘155. | 32018 R 0878: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 of 18 June 2018 adopting the list of Member States, or parts of the territory of Member States, that comply with the rules for categorisation laid down in Article 2(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 concerning the application of preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs (OJ L 155, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
  To the list in Part 2 of the Annex the following shall be added: | NO |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 154 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/949) in Part 1.2:

‘155.

32018 R 0878: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 of 18 June 2018 adopting the list of Member States, or parts of the territory of Member States, that comply with the rules for categorisation laid down in Article 2(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 concerning the application of preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs (OJ L 155, 19.6.2018, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

To the list in Part 2 of the Annex the following shall be added:

NO

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NORWAY

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Whole territory

This act shall not apply to Iceland.’

| 3. | The text of point 149 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011) in Part 1.2 is deleted. |
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3.

The text of point 149 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011) in Part 1.2 is deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/878 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 11 July 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, 10 July 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 130, 28.5.2018, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 155, 19.6.2018, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 296, 15.11.2011, p. 6.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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