Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 215/2017 of 15 December 2017 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1624]
Date: 2017-12-15
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, food supplement, market approval, revision of an agreement, trace element, vitamin




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 215/2017
of 15 December 2017
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1624]


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 Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 of 21 August 2017 concerning the authorisation of manganous chloride tetrahydrate, manganese (II) oxide, manganous sulphate monohydrate, manganese chelate of amino acids hydrate, manganese chelate of protein hydrolysates, manganese chelate of glycine hydrate and dimanganese chloride trihydroxide as feed additives for all animal species (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 of 21 August 2017 concerning the authorisation of cholecalciferol as a feed additive for all animal species (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs 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
The following points are inserted after point 221 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1008) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘222.



32017 R 1490: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 of 21 August 2017 concerning the authorisation of manganous chloride tetrahydrate, manganese (II) oxide, manganous sulphate monohydrate, manganese chelate of amino acids hydrate, manganese chelate of protein hydrolysates, manganese chelate of glycine hydrate and dimanganese chloride trihydroxide as feed additives for all animal species (OJ L 216, 22.8.2017, p. 1).










223.



32017 R 1492: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 of 21 August 2017 concerning the authorisation of cholecalciferol as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 216, 22.8.2017, p. 19).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/1490 and (EU) 2017/1492 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 16 December 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, 15 December 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 216, 22.8.2017, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 216, 22.8.2017, p. 19.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.