Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 2/2016 of 5 February 2016 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1285]
Date: 2016-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Baden-Württemberg, European Economic Area, Northern Ireland, Valle d'Aosta, animal disease, cattle, infectious disease, intra-EU trade, revision of an agreement, veterinary inspection




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20.7.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 2/2016
of 5 February 2016
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1285]


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) 2015/1765 of 30 September 2015 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg of Germany and of the region Valle d'Aosta of Italy (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1784 of 2 October 2015 amending Annex II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of the region of Northern Ireland of the United Kingdom as officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds (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:






‘—



32015 D 1784: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1784 of 2 October 2015 (OJ L 259, 6.10.2015, p. 38).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 80 (Commission Decision 2004/558/EC) in Part 4.2:






‘—



32015 D 1765: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1765 of 30 September 2015 (OJ L 257, 2.10.2015, p. 44).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2015/1765 and (EU) 2015/1784 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 6 February 2016, 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, 5 February 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 257, 2.10.2015, p. 44.

(2)  
            OJ L 259, 6.10.2015, p. 38.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.