Date: 2025-10-02Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 119/2025 of 13 June 2025 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1817]
**Executive Summary**
This is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 119/2025, adopted on 13 June 2025, amending Annex I to the EEA Agreement concerning veterinary and phytosanitary matters. The decision incorporates three EU legislative acts into the EEA Agreement, relating to analytical methods for animal residues, scrapie risk status, and measures against aquatic animal diseases. The decision enters into force on 14 June 2025, pending EEA Agreement notifications.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:**
* Chapter I of Annex I is amended to incorporate recent EU legislation on veterinary and phytosanitary matters.
* The legislation regarding feedingstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein.
* **Incorporation of EU Regulations and Decisions:**
* Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/127 on analytical methods for residues of pharmacologically active substances used in food-producing animals is added to point 14 of Part 7.2.
* Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/328 amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 regarding the approval of negligible risk status for classical scrapie of Slovenia is added to point 12 of Part 7.1.
* Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/403 amending the Annexes to Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/260 on measures to limit the impact of aquatic animal diseases is added to point 130 of Part 1.1.
* **Authentic Texts:**
* The Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of the incorporated regulations and the decision will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be authentic.
* **Entry into Force and Publication:**
* The Decision enters into force on 14 June 2025, provided that all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made.
* The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**EEA Member States (excluding Liechtenstein):**
**Impact**
Adoption of the recent EU Regulations and Decisions related to veterinary and phytosanitary matters.
**Action Required**
Implement the provisions of the incorporated EU legislation into their national legal frameworks.
**European Union:**
**Impact**
Ensuring consistency and harmonization of regulations between the EU and EEA member states in the veterinary and phytosanitary sectors.
**Action Required**
None explicitly stated, but the EU legislation is now part of the EEA agreement.
**Iceland and Norway:**
**Impact**
Need to use authentic texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2025/127 and (EU) 2025/328 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/403 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages.
**Action Required**
Implementation of the new texts.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, central to the document and repeatedly referenced as the basis for amending Annex I
Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters): The specific annex to the EEA Agreement that this decision amends.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/127: Corrects language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808 related to performance of analytical methods for residues in food-producing animals.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/328: Amends Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 regarding the approval of negligible risk status for classical scrapie of Slovenia.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/403: Amends the Annexes to Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/260 regarding national measures to limit the impact of diseases of aquatic animals.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1817 2.10.2025
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 119/2025
of 13 June 2025
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1817]
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) 2025/127 of 27 January 2025 correcting certain language versions of
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808 on the performance of analytical methods for residues of
pharmacologically active substances used in food-producing animals and on the interpretation of results as well as
on the methods to be used for sampling(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/328 of 19 February 2025 amending Annex VIII to Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of the negligible risk status for
classical scrapie of Slovenia(2)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/403 of 28 February 2025 amending the Annexes to Implementing
Decision (EU) 2021/260 as regards the approval of certain national measures designed to limit the impact of certain
diseases of aquatic animals and as regards the list of species which are susceptible to those diseases(3) is to be
incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(4) This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters. 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.
(5) Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:
1. The following indent is added in point 13o (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/260) of Part 1.1:
‘— 32025 D 0403: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/403 of 28 February 2025 (OJ L, 2025/403,
3.3.2025).’
2. The following indent is added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Part 7.1:
‘— 32025 R 0328: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/328 of 19 February 2025 (OJ L, 2025/328,
20.2.2025).’
(1) OJ L, 2025/127, 28.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/127/oj.
(2) OJ L, 2025/328, 20.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/328/oj.
(3) OJ L, 2025/403, 3.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/403/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1817/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 2.10.2025
3. The following indent is added in point 14 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/808) of Part 7.2:
‘— 32025 R 0127: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/127 of 27 January 2025 (OJ L, 2025/127,
28.1.2025).’
Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2025/127 and (EU) 2025/328 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/403 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 14 June 2025, 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, 13 June 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1817/oj