EN Official Journal of the European Union L 342/6

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 116/2014

of 27 June 2014

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 Regulation (EU) No 209/2013 of 11 March 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as regards microbiological criteria for sprouts and the sampling rules for poultry carcases and fresh poultrymeat (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 702/2013 of 22 July 2013 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

(4) Annexes I and II 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 point is inserted after point 149 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011) in Part 1.2: ‘150. 32013 R 0702: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 702/2013 of 22 July 2013 on transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/2009 (OJ L 199, 24.7.2013, p. 3).’

2. The following indent is added in point 52 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005) in Part 6.2: ‘— 32013 R 0209: Commission Regulation (EU) No 209/2013 of 11 March 2013 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 19).’

Article 2

The following indent is added in point 54zzzj (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘— 32013 R 0209: Commission Regulation (EU) No 209/2013 of 11 March 2013 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 19).’

Article 3

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 209/2013 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 702/2013 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 28 June 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (3).

Article 5

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, 27 June 2014. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 19.

(2) OJ L 199, 24.7.2013, p. 3.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.