# L_2020210EN.01000901.xml

| 2.7.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 210/9 |
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2.7.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 210/9

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 50/2019

of 29 March 2019

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/804]

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 Regulation (EU) 2018/1558 of 17 October 2018 concerning the authorisation of a new use of the preparation of Lactobacillus acidophilus (CECT 4529) as a feed additive for cats and dogs (holder of the authorisation Centro Sperimentale del Latte) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1558 of 17 October 2018 concerning the authorisation of a new use of the preparation of Lactobacillus acidophilus (CECT 4529) as a feed additive for cats and dogs (holder of the authorisation Centro Sperimentale del Latte) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs 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 feedingstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs 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 270 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1543) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘271. | 32018 R 1558: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1558 of 17 October 2018 concerning the authorisation of a new use of the preparation of Lactobacillus acidophilus (CECT 4529) as a feed additive for cats and dogs (holder of the authorisation Centro Sperimentale del Latte) (OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 13).’ |
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‘271.

32018 R 1558: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1558 of 17 October 2018 concerning the authorisation of a new use of the preparation of Lactobacillus acidophilus (CECT 4529) as a feed additive for cats and dogs (holder of the authorisation Centro Sperimentale del Latte) (OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 13).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1558 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 30 March 2019, 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, 29 March 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 13.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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