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| 30.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 310/3 |
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30.10.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 310/3

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 64/2014

of 16 May 2014

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 2013/445/EU of 29 August 2013 amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards the model health certificates for intra-Union trade in ovine and caprine animals and the health requirements relating to scrapie (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/445/EU of 29 August 2013 amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/68/EEC as regards the model health certificates for intra-Union trade in ovine and caprine animals and the health requirements relating to scrapie (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | 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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(2)

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.

| (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

The following indent is added in point 2 (Council Directive 91/68/EEC) in Part 4.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32013 D 0445: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/445/EU of 29 August 2013 (OJ L 233, 31.8.2013, p. 48).’ |
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32013 D 0445: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/445/EU of 29 August 2013 (OJ L 233, 31.8.2013, p. 48).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision 2013/445/EU 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 17 May 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee incorporating Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2013 (2) into the EEA Agreement, whichever is the later.

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, 16 May 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 233, 31.8.2013, p. 48.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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(2)  
  OJ L 179, 29.6.2013, p. 60.

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