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| 28.11.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 318/6 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 105/2013

of 14 June 2013

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

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 2011/717/EU of 27 October 2011 amending Decision 98/536/EC establishing the list of national reference laboratories for the detection of residues [(1)](#ntr1-L_2013318EN.01000601-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

The following is added in point 39 (Commission Decision 98/536/EC) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

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| ‘— | 32011 D 0717: Commission Implementing Decision 2011/717/EU of 27 October 2011 ([OJ L 285, 1.11.2011, p. 46](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2011:285:TOC)). |

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

the following shall be added in the Annex:

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| “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 | |  | | --- | | Norwegian Veterinary Institute | | Box 750 Sentrum | | N-0106 Oslo | | A2, B3d |
| |  | | --- | | Oslo University Hospital Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory | | Trondheimsveien 235 | | N-0514 Oslo | | A1, A3, A4, A5, B2d |
| |  | | --- | | Norwegian School of Veterinary Science | | Box 8146 Dep | | N-0033 Oslo | | B1, B2a, B2b, B2e, B2f (carbadox, olakindox), B3e |
| Seafood:   |  | | --- | | The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research | | Box 2029 Nordnes | | N-5817 Bergen | | B1, B2a, B2b, B2e, B2f (carbadox, olakindox), B3c, B3e” ’ |

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision 2011/717/EU 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 15 June 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*1)](#ntr*1-L_2013318EN.01000601-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, 14 June 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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