EN Official Journal of the European Union L 92/3

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 180/2013

of 8 November 2013

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 2012/766/EU of 7 December 2012 amending Part A of Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Decision 2012/767/EU of 7 December 2012 designating the EU reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease and repealing Decision 2006/393/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Implementing Decision 2012/767/EU repeals Commission Decision 2006/393/EC (3) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(4) 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. This Decision is therefore 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 indent is added in point 1a (Council Directive 2003/85/EC) in Part 3.1: ‘— 32012 D 0766: Commission Implementing Decision 2012/766/EU of 7 December 2012 (OJ L 337, 11.12.2012, p. 53).’;

(2) the text of point 35 (Commission Decision 2006/393/EC) in Part 3.2 is replaced by the following: ‘32012 D 0767: Commission Implementing Decision 2012/767/EU of 7 December 2012 designating the EU reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease and repealing Decision 2006/393/EC (OJ L 337, 11.12.2012, p. 54). This act shall not apply to Iceland.’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions 2012/766/EU and 2012/767/EU in the Norwegian language, 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 November 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (4).

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 November 2013. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 337, 11.12.2012, p. 53.

(2) OJ L 337, 11.12.2012, p. 54.

(3) OJ L 152, 7.6.2006, p. 31.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.