Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 258/2024 of 6 December 2024 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2025/620]
Date: 2024-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, flavouring, market approval, revision of an agreement




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2025/620


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 258/2024
of 6 December 2024
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2025/620]


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) 2024/1989 of 22 July 2024 concerning the authorisation of undec-10-enal, terpineol acetate, d,l-borneol, l-carvone, d-camphor, d,l-isobornyl acetate, 3-propylidenephthalide, phenylacetic acid, methyl salicylate, thymol, carvacrol, benzothiazole, terpinolene, d,l-isoborneol, trans-menthone, d,l-bornyl acetate, 3-butylidenephthalide, phenylacetaldehyde, phenethyl acetate, phenethyl phenylacetate, methyl phenylacetate, ethyl phenylacetate, isobutyl phenylacetate, 3-methylbutyl phenylacetate, 2-methoxyphenol, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, 4-ethylguaiacol, 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, 4-ethylphenol, 2-methylphenol, 4-methylphenol, 2,6-dimethoxyphenol, phenol, 2,6-dimethylphenol, 2-isopropylphenol, benzene-1,3-diol, alpha-phellandrene, alpha-terpinene, gamma-terpinene and l-limonene as feed additives for all animal species and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/245 as regards the terms of authorisation of d,l-isomenthone as a feed additive for all animal species (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


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 is added in point 246 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/245):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32024 R 1989: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1989 of 22 July 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1989, 24.7.2024).’
                                 














2.


The following point is inserted after point 603 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1810):






‘604.



32024 R 1989: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1989 of 22 July 2024 concerning the authorisation of undec-10-enal, terpineol acetate, d,l-borneol, l-carvone, d-camphor, d,l-isobornyl acetate, 3-propylidenephthalide, phenylacetic acid, methyl salicylate, thymol, carvacrol, benzothiazole, terpinolene, d,l-isoborneol, trans-menthone, d,l-bornyl acetate, 3-butylidenephthalide, phenylacetaldehyde, phenethyl acetate, phenethyl phenylacetate, methyl phenylacetate, ethyl phenylacetate, isobutyl phenylacetate, 3-methylbutyl phenylacetate, 2-methoxyphenol, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, 4-ethylguaiacol, 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, 4-ethylphenol, 2-methylphenol, 4-methylphenol, 2,6-dimethoxyphenol, phenol, 2,6-dimethylphenol, 2-isopropylphenol, benzene-1,3-diol, alpha-phellandrene, alpha-terpinene, gamma-terpinene and l-limonene as feed additives for all animal species and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/245 as regards the terms of authorisation of d,l-isomenthone as a feed additive for all animal species (OJ L, 2024/1989, 24.7.2024).’










Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1989 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 7 December 2024, 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, 6 December 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1989, 24.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1989/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/620/oj
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