Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 202/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2017/509]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

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

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/186 of 6 February 2015 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, fluorine, lead, mercury, endosulfan and Ambrosia seeds⁽¹⁾ is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
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.
Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 33 (Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

32015 R 0186: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/186 of 6 February 2015 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 11).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) 2015/186 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 26 September 2015, 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.