Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 105/2013 of 14 June 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-06-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, food inspection, food safety, health control, research body, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 105/2013
of 14 June 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 2011/717/EU of 27 October 2011 amending Decision 98/536/EC establishing the list of national reference laboratories for the detection of residues (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 39 (Commission Decision 98/536/EC) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






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32011 D 0717: Commission Implementing Decision 2011/717/EU of 27 October 2011 (OJ L 285, 1.11.2011, p. 46).




The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
the following shall be added in the Annex:








“Member State


Reference laboratories


Groups of residues




Iceland







Livsmedelsverket




Box 622




S-751 26 Uppsala






All groups except B3c









Matis




Vinlandsleid 12




IS-110 Reykjavik






B3c




Norway







Norwegian Veterinary Institute




Box 750 Sentrum




N-0106 Oslo






A2, B3d









Oslo University Hospital Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory




Trondheimsveien 235




N-0514 Oslo






A1, A3, A4, A5, B2d









Norwegian School of Veterinary Science




Box 8146 Dep




N-0033 Oslo






B1, B2a, B2b, B2e, B2f (carbadox, olakindox), B3e




Seafood:





The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research




Box 2029 Nordnes




N-5817 Bergen






B1, B2a, B2b, B2e, B2f (carbadox, olakindox), B3c, B3e” ’







Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision 2011/717/EU 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 15 June 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, 14 June 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 285, 1.11.2011, p. 46.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.