Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/2018 of 23 March 2018 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/55]
Date: 2018-03-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, food safety, iron, market approval, revision of an agreement, swine, trace element




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 38/2018
of 23 March 2018
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/55]


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) 2017/2330 of 14 December 2017 concerning the authorisation of Iron(II) carbonate, Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate, Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate, Iron(II) sulphate heptahydrate, Iron(II) fumarate, Iron(II) chelate of amino acids hydrate, Iron(II) chelate of protein hydrolysates and Iron(II) chelate of glycine hydrate as feed additives for all animal species and of Iron dextran as feed additive for piglets and amending Regulations (EC) No 1334/2003 and (EC) No 479/2006 (1), as corrected by OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 202, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


The following indent is added in points 1zq (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003) and 1zzu (Commission Regulation (EC) No 479/2006):






‘—



32017 R 2330: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2330 of 14 December 2017 (OJ L 333, 15.12.2017, p. 41), as corrected by OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 202.’














(2)


The following point is inserted after point 230 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1914):






‘231.



32017 R 2330: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2330 of 14 December 2017 concerning the authorisation of Iron(II) carbonate, Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate, Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate, Iron(II) sulphate heptahydrate, Iron(II) fumarate, Iron(II) chelate of amino acids hydrate, Iron(II) chelate of protein hydrolysates and Iron(II) chelate of glycine hydrate as feed additives for all animal species and of Iron dextran as feed additive for piglets and amending Regulations (EC) No 1334/2003 and (EC) No 479/2006 (OJ L 333, 15.12.2017, p. 41), as corrected by OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 202.’










Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2330, as corrected by OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 202, 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 24 March 2018, 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, 23 March 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 333, 15.12.2017, p. 41.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.