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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 36/2023

of 17 March 2023

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2347]

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 Regulation (EU) 2022/893 of 7 June 2022 amending Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 as regards the methods of analysis for the detection of constituents of terrestrial invertebrates for the official control of feed (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 31o (Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:

‘–	32022 R 0893: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/893 of 7 June 2022 (OJ L 155, 8.6.2022, p. 24).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/893 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 18 March 2023, 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, 17 March 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 155, 8.6.2022, p. 24.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.