Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 138/2019 of 14 June 2019 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2130]
Date: 2019-06-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Bulgaria, Croatia, European Economic Area, Greece, Spain, animal disease, livestock, revision of an agreement, trade restriction, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 138/2019
of 14 June 2019
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2130]


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) 2019/65 of 14 January 2019 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC in relation to the officially tuberculosis-free and the officially brucellosis-free status and Annex II to Decision 93/52/EEC in relation to the officially brucellosis (B. melitensis)-free status of certain regions of Spain (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/81 of 17 January 2019 amending Annex I to 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:






‘—



32019 D 0081: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/81 of 17 January 2019 (OJ L 18, 21.1.2019, p. 43).’














2.


The following indent is added in points 14 (Commission Decision 93/52/EEC) and 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2:






‘—



32019 D 0065: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/65 of 14 January 2019 (OJ L 13, 16.1.2019, p. 8).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2019/65 and (EU) 2019/81 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 15 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 14 June 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 13, 16.1.2019, p. 8.

(2)  
            OJ L 18, 21.1.2019, p. 43.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.