EN Official Journal of the European Union L 189/12

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 8/2016

of 5 February 2016

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1291]

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 Regulation (EU) 2015/1486 of 2 September 2015 concerning the authorisation of canthaxanthin as feed additive for certain categories of poultry, ornamental fish and ornamental birds (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1489 of 3 September 2015 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 30238 and Pediococcus pentosaceus NCIMB 30237 as a feed additive for all animal species (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1490 of 3 September 2015 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and capsicum oleoresin as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of the authorisation Pancosma France S.A.S.) (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) 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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following points are inserted after point 149 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1426) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

‘150. 32015 R 1486: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1486 of 2 September 2015 concerning the authorisation of canthaxanthin as feed additive for certain categories of poultry, ornamental fish and ornamental birds (OJ L 229, 3.9.2015, p. 5).

151. 32015 R 1489: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1489 of 3 September 2015 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 30238 and Pediococcus pentosaceus NCIMB 30237 as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 231, 4.9.2015, p. 1).

152. 32015 R 1490: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1490 of 3 September 2015 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and capsicum oleoresin as a feed additive for chickens for fattening (holder of the authorisation Pancosma France S.A.S.) (OJ L 231, 4.9.2015, p. 4).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2015/1486, (EU) 2015/1489 and (EU) 2015/1490 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 6 February 2016, 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, 5 February 2016. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 229, 3.9.2015, p. 5.

(2) OJ L 231, 4.9.2015, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 231, 4.9.2015, p. 4.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.