Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 160/2014 of 25 September 2014 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1228]
Date: 2014-09-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Bulgaria, European Economic Area, dairy industry, fish disease, food inspection, food processing, raw milk, revision of an agreement, sea fish, veterinary legislation




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 160/2014
of 25 September 2014
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1228]


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 Directive 2014/22/EU of 13 February 2014 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 2006/88/EC as regards infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision 2013/686/EU of 25 November 2013 amending Decision 2009/861/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regard the processing of non-compliant raw milk in certain milk processing establishments in Bulgaria (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 8a (Council Directive 2006/88/EC) in Part 3.1, point 5a (Council Directive 2006/88/EC) in Part 4.1 and point 4a (Council Directive 2006/88/EC) in Part 8.1:






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32014 L 0022: Commission Implementing Directive 2014/22/EU of 13 February 2014 (OJ L 44, 14.2.2014, p. 45).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in the second indent (Commission Decision 2009/861/EC) under the heading ‘The transitional arrangements set out in the following acts shall apply:’ in point 17 (Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 6.1:






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32013 D 0686: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/686/EU of 25 November 2013 (OJ L 316, 27.11.2013, p. 50).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Directive 2014/22/EU and Implementing Decision 2013/686/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 26 September 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, 25 September 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 44, 14.2.2014, p. 45.

(2)  
            OJ L 316, 27.11.2013, p. 50.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.