Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 75/2015 of 30 April 2015 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/1258]
Date: 2015-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: China, European Economic Area, Poland, animal leucosis, cattle, rabies, research body, revision of an agreement, vaccine, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 75/2015
of 30 April 2015
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/1258]


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 2014/708/EU of 9 October 2014 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of certain regions of Poland as officially enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/130 of 26 January 2015 authorising laboratories in China to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland.












(4)


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.












(5)


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 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2:






‘—



32014 D 0708: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/708/EU of 9 October 2014 (OJ L 295, 11.10.2014, p. 60).’;














(2)


the following point is inserted after point 99 (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/514/EU) in Part 4.2:






‘100.



32015 D 0130: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/130 of 26 January 2015 authorising laboratories in China to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (OJ L 21, 28.1.2015, p. 20).
This act shall not apply to Iceland.’
                              










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions 2014/708/EU and (EU) 2015/130 in the Norwegian language, 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 1 May 2015, 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, 30 April 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 295, 11.10.2014, p. 60.

(2)  
            OJ L 21, 28.1.2015, p. 20.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.