Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 240/2020 of 30 December 2020 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2042]
Date: 2020-12-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, United Kingdom, administrative formalities, animal product, customs inspection, export (EU), fodder, import (EU), information system, revision of an agreement, transit, withdrawal from the EU




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 240/2020
of 30 December 2020
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2042]


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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2190 of 29 October 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 as regards official controls at the border control post where goods leave the Union and certain provisions on transit and transhipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters, feedingstuffs and foodstuffs 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in points 11bw (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I and 31qw (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32020 R 2190: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2190 of 29 October 2020 (OJ L 434, 23.12.2020, p. 3).’
                     






Article 2
The following is added in point 164w (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32020 R 2190: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2190 of 29 October 2020 (OJ L 434, 23.12.2020, p. 3).’
                     






Article 3
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2190 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 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 30 December 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 5
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, 30 December 2020.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 434, 23.12.2020, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.