# L_2014256EN.01000101.xml

| 28.8.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 256/1 |
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28.8.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 256/1

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 33/2014

of 8 April 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 2013/76/EU of 4 February 2013 amending Decision 2009/719/EC authorising certain Member States to revise their annual BSE monitoring programmes (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/76/EU of 4 February 2013 amending Decision 2009/719/EC authorising certain Member States to revise their annual BSE monitoring programmes (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

Under the heading ‘
  ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT
  ’ in Part 7.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement, the following is added in point 41b (Commission Decision 2009/719/EC):

| ‘— | 32013 D 0076: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/76/EU of 4 February 2013 (OJ L 35, 6.2.2013, p. 6). |
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32013 D 0076: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/76/EU of 4 February 2013 (OJ L 35, 6.2.2013, p. 6).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

In the Annex, the following shall be added:

“
  LIST OF EFTA STATES AUTHORISED TO REVISE THEIR BSE ANNUAL MONITORING PROGRAMMES

| — | Norway” ’ |
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Norway” ’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decision 2013/76/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 9 April 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, 8 April 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 35, 6.2.2013, p. 6.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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