# L_2015202EN.01001001.xml

| 30.7.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 202/10 |
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30.7.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 202/10

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 166/2014

of 25 September 2014

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1234]

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 2013/652/EU of 12 November 2013 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU of 12 November 2013 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU repeals Commission Decision 2007/407/EC of 12 June 2007 on a harmonised monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella in poultry and pigs (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU repeals Commission Decision 2007/407/EC of 12 June 2007 on a harmonised monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella in poultry and pigs (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | 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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(3)

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.

| (4) | Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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 8b (Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:






  ‘8c. | 32013 D 0652: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU of 12 November 2013 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria (OJ L 303, 14.11.2013, p. 26).’; |
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(1)

the following point is inserted after point 8b (Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:

‘8c.

| (2) | the text of point 48 (Commission Decision 2007/407/EC) in Part 7.2 is deleted. |
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(2)

the text of point 48 (Commission Decision 2007/407/EC) in Part 7.2 is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision 2013/652/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 26 September 2014, 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 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 303, 14.11.2013, p. 26.

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(2)  
  OJ L 153, 14.6.2007, p. 26.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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