Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 2/2019 of 8 February 2019 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/921]
Date: 2019-02-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, fattening, food additive, market approval, organic acid, revision of an agreement, swine




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 2/2019
of 8 February 2019
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/921]


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) 2018/1550 of 16 October 2018 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of benzoic acid as a feed additive for weaned piglets and pigs for fattening and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1730/2006 and (EC) No 1138/2007 (holder of authorisation DSM Nutritional Products Ltd) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1550 repeals Commission Regulations (EC) No 1730/2006 (2) and (EC) No 1138/2007 (3) which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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
Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following point is inserted after point 262 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1039):






‘263.



32018 R 1550: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1550 of 16 October 2018 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of benzoic acid as a feed additive for weaned piglets and pigs for fattening and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1730/2006 and (EC) No 1138/2007 (holder of authorisation DSM Nutritional Products Ltd) (OJ L 260, 17.10.2018, p. 3).’;














(2)


the texts of points 1zzzc (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1730/2006) and 1zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1138/2007) are deleted.






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1550 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 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 260, 17.10.2018, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 9.

(3)  
            OJ L 256, 2.10.2007, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.