# L_2014154EN.01001201.xml

| 22.5.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 154/12 |
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22.5.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/12

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 219/2013

of 13 December 2013

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

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 2013/404/EU of 25 July 2013 authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU of 25 July 2013 authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (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

Under the heading ‘
  ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT
  ’ the following point is inserted after point 83 (Commission Implementing Decision 2012/340/EU) of Chapter III of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘84. | 32013 D 0404: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU of 25 July 2013 authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (OJ L 202, 27.7.2013, p. 33).’ |
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‘84.

32013 D 0404: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU of 25 July 2013 authorising Germany to prohibit on its territory the marketing of certain varieties of hemp listed in the Common Catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (OJ L 202, 27.7.2013, p. 33).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decision 2013/404/EU 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 14 December 2013, 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, 13 December 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 202, 27.7.2013, p. 33.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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