Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 296/2015 of 11 December 2015 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1807]
Date: 2015-12-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, European Economic Area, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, revision of an agreement, third country, veterinary inspection, zoonosis




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 296/2015
of 11 December 2015
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1807]


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 (EU) 2015/1310 of 28 July 2015 amending Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards disease-free status for the whole territory of Croatia for koi herpes virus (KHV) disease (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1356 of 4 August 2015 amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Liechtenstein and Switzerland (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 89 (Commission Decision 2009/177/EC) in Part 4.2:






‘—



32015 D 1310: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1310 of 28 July 2015 (OJ L 200, 30.7.2015, p. 17).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 49 (Commission Decision 2007/453/EC) in Part 7.1:






‘—



32015 D 1356: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1356 of 4 August 2015 (OJ L 209, 6.8.2015, p. 5).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2015/1310 and (EU) 2015/1356 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 12 December 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, 11 December 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

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(1)  
            OJ L 200, 30.7.2015, p. 17.

(2)  
            OJ L 209, 6.8.2015, p. 5.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.