# L_2023173EN.01000101.xml

| 6.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 173/1 |
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6.7.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 173/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 116/2020

of 25 September 2020

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1376]

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) 2019/1091 of 26 June 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for export of products containing processed animal protein derived from ruminants and non-ruminants (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1091 of 26 June 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for export of products containing processed animal protein derived from ruminants and non-ruminants (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | 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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(2)

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.

| (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 indent is added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘- | 32019 R 1091: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1091 of 26 June 2019 (OJ L 173, 27.6.2019, p. 42).’ |
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32019 R 1091: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1091 of 26 June 2019 (OJ L 173, 27.6.2019, p. 42).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/1091 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 26 September 2020, 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, 25 September 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 173, 27.6.2019, p. 42.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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