DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 49/2020

of 30 April 2020

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2023/474]

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) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 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 and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II 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 is inserted after point 11bx (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2126) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

‘11by.

32019 R 0624: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 of 8 February 2019 concerning specific rules for the performance of official controls on the production of meat and for production and relaying areas of live bivalve molluscs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 131, 17.5.2019, p. 1 ).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) In Article 12(1), the word “Norway” shall be inserted after the word “Sweden”.

(b) In Article 12(2) the following shall be inserted after the words “Dalarna county”:

“and in the Norwegian counties of Troms og Finnmark, Nordland, Trøndelag, Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal, Vestland, Rogaland, Agder and Vestfold og Telemark”.

“(c)

In Norway:

(i) the county of Troms og Finnmark;

(ii) the county of Nordland;

(iii) the county of Trøndelag;

(iv) the county of Innlandet;

(v) the county of Viken;

(vi) the municipality of Lærdal in the county of Vestland.”’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/624 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 1 May 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( * )

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, 30 April 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 131, 17.5.2019, p. 1 .

( * ) No constitutional requirements indicated.