EN Official Journal of the European Union L 129/13

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 40/2015

of 20 March 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/723]

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) No 1123/2014 of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1230/2014 of 17 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of copper bilysinate as a feed additive for all animal species (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1236/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of L-valine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum (DSM 25202) as a feed additive for all animal species (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 of 21 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive for fish and crustaceans (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs 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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent is added in point 14c (Commission Directive 2008/38/EC): ‘— 32014 R 1123: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1123/2014 of 22 October 2014 (OJ L 304, 23.10.2014, p. 81).’

2. The following points are inserted after point 119 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1138/2014): ‘120. 32014 R 1230: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1230/2014 of 17 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of copper bilysinate as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 331, 18.11.2014, p. 18), 121. 32014 R 1236: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1236/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of L-valine produced by Corynebacterium glutamicum (DSM 25202) as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 332, 19.11.2014, p. 26), 122. 32014 R 1249: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 of 21 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive for fish and crustaceans (OJ L 335, 22.11.2014, p. 7).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 1123/2014 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1230/2014, (EU) No 1236/2014 and (EU) No 1249/2014 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 21 March 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 20 March 2015. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 304, 23.10.2014, p. 81.

(2) OJ L 331, 18.11.2014, p. 18.

(3) OJ L 332, 19.11.2014, p. 26.

(4) OJ L 335, 22.11.2014, p. 7.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.