Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/2019 of 8 February 2019 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/920]
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, avian influenza, bird, disease prevention, epidemic, infectious disease, poultry, poultry farming, revision of an agreement, veterinary inspection




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16.7.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 1/2019
of 8 February 2019
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/920]


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) 2018/1136 of 10 August 2018 on risk mitigation and reinforced biosecurity measures and early detection systems in relation to the risks posed by wild birds for the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses to poultry (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


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.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 49 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/662) in Part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘50.



32018 D 1136: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1136 of 10 August 2018 on risk mitigation and reinforced biosecurity measures and early detection systems in relation to the risks posed by wild birds for the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses to poultry (OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 48).
This act shall not apply to Iceland.’
                        






Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1136 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 9 February 2019, 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, 8 February 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 48.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.