EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/6

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 237/2015

of 30 October 2015

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1026]

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) 2015/728 of 6 May 2015 amending the definition of specified risk material set out in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1162 of 15 July 2015 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) 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.

(4) Commission Implementing Decision 2013/503/EU (3), incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee 167/2014 (4) concerns live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. It should therefore be indicated that Implementing Decision 2013/503/EU is not to apply to Iceland.

(5) 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.

(6) 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 indents are added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1: ‘— 32015 R 0728: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/728 of 6 May 2015 (OJ L 116, 7.5.2015, p. 1), — 32015 R 1162: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1162 of 15 July 2015 (OJ L 188, 16.7.2015, p. 3).’

2. The following shall be added in point 59 (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/503/EU) in Part 7.2: ‘This act shall not apply to Iceland.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2015/728 and (EU) 2015/1162 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 1 November 2015, 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, 30 October 2015. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda SLETNES

(1) OJ L 116, 7.5.2015, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 188, 16.7.2015, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 273, 15.10.2013, p. 38.

(4) OJ L 202, 30.7.2015, p. 12.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.