Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 208/2018 of 26 October 2018 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2021/491]
Date: 2018-10-26
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Bulgaria, Croatia, European Economic Area, Greece, Malta, animal disease, cattle, revision of an agreement, trade restriction, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 208/2018
of 26 October 2018
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2021/491]


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) 2018/718 of 14 May 2018 on the suspension of the officially tuberculosis-free status of Malta as regards bovine herds and amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/744 of 16 May 2018 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2008 concerning animal health control measures relating to lumpy skin disease in certain Member States (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
Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following indent is added in point 152 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2008) in Part 1.2:






‘—



32018 D 0744: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/744 of 16 May 2018 (OJ L 123, 18.5.2018, p. 119).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in point 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2:






‘—



32018 D 0718: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/718 of 14 May 2018 (OJ L 120, 16.5.2018, p. 12).’;














(3)


the following point is inserted after point 105 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/193) in Part 4.2:






‘106.



32018 D 0718: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/718 of 14 May 2018 on the suspension of the officially tuberculosis-free status of Malta as regards bovine herds and amending Annex I to Decision 2003/467/EC (OJ L 120, 16.5.2018, p. 12).




This act shall not apply to Iceland.’
                           






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2018/718 and (EU) 2018/744 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 27 October 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, 26 October 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 120, 16.5.2018, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ L 123, 18.5.2018, p. 119.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.