Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 125/2018 of 6 July 2018 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2021/187]
Date: 2018-07-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal disease, domestic animal, intra-EU trade, research body, revision of an agreement, swine, third country, trade restriction, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 125/2018
of 6 July 2018
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2021/187]


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) 2018/187 of 6 February 2018 amending Annex II to Decision 2008/185/EC as regards the approval of the control programme for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease for the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/193 of 7 February 2018 authorising laboratories in Brazil and the Russian Federation to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets (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
Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


the following indent is added in point 84 (Commission Decision 2008/185/EC):






‘—



32018 D 0187: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/187 of 6 February 2018 (OJ L 34, 8.2.2018, p. 36).’;














2.


the following point is inserted after point 104 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/223):






‘105.



32018 D 0193: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/193 of 7 February 2018 authorising laboratories in Brazil and the Russian Federation to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines in dogs, cats and ferrets (OJ L 36, 9.2.2018, p. 18).




This act shall not apply to Iceland.’
                           






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2018/187 and (EU) 2018/193 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 7 July 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, 6 July 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 34, 8.2.2018, p. 36.

(2)  
            OJ L 36, 9.2.2018, p. 18.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.