Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 47/2017 of 17 March 2017 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1811]
Date: 2017-03-17
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, European Economic Area, animal plague, live animal, pigmeat, revision of an agreement, swine, trade restriction, veterinary inspection




L_2018305EN.01000301.xml










29.11.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 305/3








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 47/2017
of 17 March 2017
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1811]


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) 2016/1898 of 26 October 2016 amending Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in certain Member States (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals and animal products such as ova, embryo and semen. 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.












(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

Under the heading ‘
               ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’
                the following is added in point 48 (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/764/EU) in Part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32016 D 1898: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1898 of 26 October 2016 (OJ L 293, 28.10.2016, p. 39).




This act shall not apply to Iceland.’
               



Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1898 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 18 March 2017, 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, 17 March 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 293, 28.10.2016, p. 39.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.