Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 94/2021 of 19 March 2021 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2024/104]
Date: 2021-03-19
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal health, animal product, carriage of goods, health certificate, health risk, revision of an agreement, transport regulations, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 94/2021
of 19 March 2021
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2024/104]


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) 2020/2154 of 14 October 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal health, certification and notification requirements for movements within the Union of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 13m (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2236) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘13n.



32020 R 2154: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154 of 14 October 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal health, certification and notification requirements for movements within the Union of products of animal origin from terrestrial animals (OJ L 431, 21.12.2020, p. 5).’






Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2154 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 20 March 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 179/2020 of 11 December 2020 (2), whichever is the later.


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, 19 March 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 431, 21.12.2020, p. 5.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2)  
            OJ L 240, 28.9.2023, p. 5.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/104/oj
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