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| 12.12.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 323/5 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 3/2018

of 9 February 2018

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2039]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1365 of 9 August 2016 amending Decision 98/536/EC as regards the list of national reference laboratories [(1)](#ntr1-L_2019323EN.01000501-E0001) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |

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| (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. |

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| (3) | Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 39 (Commission Decision 98/536/EC) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:

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| (1) | the following indent is added:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | ‘— | 32016 D 1365: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1365 of 9 August 2016 ([OJ L 216, 11.8.2016, p. 12](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:216:TOC)).’; | |

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| (2) | the adaptation text is replaced by the following:  ‘The following shall be added to the table in the Annex:   |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | | Member State | Reference laboratories | Groups of residues | | Iceland | Livsmedelsverket  Box 622  S-751 26 Uppsala | All groups except B3c | |  | Matis  Vinlandsleid 12  IS-110 Reykjavik | B3c | | Norway | Seafood:  The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research  Box 2029 Nordnes  N-5817 Bergen | B1, B2a, B2b, B2e, B2f (carbadox, olakindox), B3c, B3e | |  | Terrestrial animals:  Fera Science Ltd  Sand Hutton  YO41 1 LZ, York  UK | A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2a, B2b, B2d, B2f, B3c, B3d’ | |

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1365 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 10 February 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*1)](#ntr*1-L_2019323EN.01000501-E0002).

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, 9 February 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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