Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 63/2014 of 16 May 2014 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2014-05-16
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal product, customs inspection, external border of the EU, health control, revision of an agreement, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 63/2014
of 16 May 2014
         
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 2013/491/EU of 7 October 2013 amending Decision 2009/821/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU of 13 December 2013 concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States (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 0491: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/491/EU of 7 October 2013 (OJ L 267, 9.10.2013, p. 3).’














2.


Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following point is inserted after point 47 (Commission Decision 2011/111/EU) in Part 3.2:






‘48.



32013 D 0764: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU of 13 December 2013 concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States (OJ L 338, 17.12.2013, p. 102).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions 2013/491/EU and 2013/764/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 17 May 2014, 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, 16 May 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 267, 9.10.2013, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 338, 17.12.2013, p. 102.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.