Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 53/2019 of 29 March 2019 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/807]
Date: 2019-03-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, fattening, food additive, market approval, revision of an agreement, swine, transgenic plant




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 53/2019
of 29 March 2019
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2020/807]


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) 2019/8 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of hydroxy analogue of methionine and its calcium salt as a feed additive for all animal species (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/9 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of betaine anhydrous as a feed additive for food-producing animals except rabbits (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/10 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of a natural mixture of illite- montmorillonite-kaolinite as a feed additive for all animal species (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/11 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 as a feed additive for sows, suckling piglets, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening, and amending Regulations (EC) No 252/2006, (EC) No 943/2005 and (EC) No 1200/2005 (holder of authorisation DSM Nutritional products Ltd, represented by DSM Nutritional Products Sp. z o.o.) (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/12 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of L-arginine as a feed additive for all animal species (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


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.












(7)


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 1zzl (Commission Regulation (EC) No 943/2005), 1zzm (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2005) and 1zzt (Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2006):






‘—



32019 R 0011: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/11 of 3 January 2019 (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 17).’;














(2)


the following points are inserted after point 276 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1565):






‘277.



32019 R 0008: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/8 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of hydroxy analogue of methionine and its calcium salt as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 6).










278.



32019 R 0009: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/9 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of betaine anhydrous as a feed additive for food-producing animals except rabbits (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 10).










279.



32019 R 0010: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/10 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of a natural mixture of illite- montmorillonite-kaolinite as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 13).










280.



32019 R 0011: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/11 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of the preparation of Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 as a feed additive for sows, suckling piglets, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening, and amending Regulations (EC) No 252/2006, (EC) No 943/2005 and (EC) No 1200/2005 (holder of authorisation DSM Nutritional products Ltd, represented by DSM Nutritional Products Sp. z o.o.) (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 17).










281.



32019 R 0012: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/12 of 3 January 2019 concerning the authorisation of L-arginine as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 21).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2019/8, (EU) 2019/9, (EU) 2019/10, (EU) 2019/11 and (EU) 2019/12 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 30 March 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, 29 March 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 6.

(2)  
            OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 10.

(3)  
            OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 13.

(4)  
            OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 17.

(5)  
            OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 21.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.