Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 3/2013 of 1 February 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-02-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, food safety, food supplement, poultry, revision of an agreement, swine




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30.5.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 3/2013
of 1 February 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 Regulation (EU) No 413/2012 of 15 May 2012 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 496/2011 as regards the minimum content of sodium benzoate as a feed additive in feed for weaned piglets (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2012 of 15 May 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 as regards the minimum content and the minimum recommended dose of an enzyme preparation of 6-phytase as a feed additive in feed for turkeys for fattening (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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.












(4)


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 1zzzzq (Commission Regulation (EC) No 554/2008):






‘—



32012 R 0414: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2012 of 15 May 2012 (OJ L 128, 16.5.2012, p. 5).’














2.


The following is added in point 2ze (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 496/2011):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32012 R 0413: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 413/2012 of 15 May 2012 (OJ L 128, 16.5.2012, p. 4).’
                                 










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) No 413/2012 and (EU) No 414/2012 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 2 February 2013, 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, 1 February 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 128, 16.5.2012, p. 4.

(2)  
            OJ L 128, 16.5.2012, p. 5.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.