DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 189/2021

of 9 July 2021

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2024/319]

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 Decision (EU) 2020/1729 of 17 November 2020 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria and repealing Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU ( 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 text of point 8c (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU) in Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘ 32020 D 1729 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1729 of 17 November 2020 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria and repealing Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU ( OJ L 387, 19.11.2020, p. 8 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1729 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 July 2021, 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, 9 July 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf EINAR FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 387, 19.11.2020, p. 8 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/319/oj

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