Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 140/2017 of 7 July 2017 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/747]
Date: 2017-07-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU reference laboratory, European Economic Area, European Food Safety Authority, animal plague, food safety, goat, operation of the Institutions, revision of an agreement, sheep, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 140/2017
of 7 July 2017
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/747]


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) 2017/212 of 7 February 2017 designating the EU reference laboratory for peste des petits ruminants, laying down additional responsibilities and tasks for this laboratory and amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/228 of 9 February 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the names and the areas of competence of the scientific panels of the European Food Safety Authority (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(4)


Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following indent is added in point 11 (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I and in point 31j (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Chapter II:






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32017 R 0212: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/212 of 7 February 2017 (OJ L 33, 8.2.2017, p. 27).’


















2.


The following indent is added in point 13 (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I and in point 41 (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II:






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32017 R 0228: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/228 of 9 February 2017 (OJ L 35, 10.2.2017, p. 10).’














Article 2
Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following indent is added in point 54zzzi (Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






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32017 R 0212: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/212 of 7 February 2017 (OJ L 33, 8.2.2017, p. 27).’


















2.


The following indent is added in point 54zzzc (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






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32017 R 0228: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/228 of 9 February 2017 (OJ L 35, 10.2.2017, p. 10).’














Article 3
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/212 and (EU) 2017/228 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 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 8 July 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 5
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, 7 July 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 33, 8.2.2017, p. 27.

(2)  
            OJ L 35, 10.2.2017, p. 10.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.