Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2015 of 30 April 2015 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/1260]
Date: 2015-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, animal disease, apiculture, food safety, handling, offal, revision of an agreement, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 77/2015
of 30 April 2015
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2016/1260]


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 1137/2014 of 27 October 2014 amending Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the handling of certain offal from animals intended for human consumption (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/266 of 16 February 2015 recognising the Isle of Man as free of varroosis and amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/503/EU (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 17 (Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 6.1:






‘—



32014 R 1137: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1137/2014 of 27 October 2014 (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 28).’;














(2)


the following is added in point 59 (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/503/EU) in Part 7.2:

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32015 D 0266: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/266 of 16 February 2015 (OJ L 45, 19.2.2015, p. 16).’
                                 










Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 1137/2014 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/266 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 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 307, 28.10.2014, p. 28.

(2)  
            OJ L 45, 19.2.2015, p. 16.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.