Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 179/2013 of 8 November 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-11-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal disease, animal nutrition, animal welfare, border control, food safety, health control, revision of an agreement, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 179/2013
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 Regulation (EU) No 56/2013 of 16 January 2013 amending Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision 2013/235/EU of 23 May 2013 amending Decision 2009/821/EC as regards the lists of border inspection posts and veterinary units in Traces (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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.












(4)


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 39 (Commission Decision 2009/821/EC) in Part 1.2:






‘—



32013 D 0235: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/235/EU of 23 May 2013 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2013, p. 29).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:






‘—



32013 R 0056: Commission Regulation (EU) No 56/2013 of 16 January 2013 (OJ L 21, 24.1.2013, p. 3).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 56/2013 and Implementing Decision 2013/235/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 9 November 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, 8 November 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Thórir IBSEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 21, 24.1.2013, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 139, 25.5.2013, p. 29.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.