**Policy Summary:**
This EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 134/2016, dated 8 July 2016, amends Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement. The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/348 of 10 March 2016 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2016/348 concerns the minimum content of the preparation of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 produced by *Komagataella pastoris* DSM 23036, authorized as a feed additive for fattening pigs (authorization holder: Huvepharma EOOD). This Decision does not apply to Liechtenstein. The Decision entered into force on 9 July 2016, following completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/348 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
European Economic Area: A trade agreement that allows Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to be part of the European Union's single market.
EEA Joint Committee: The committee responsible for managing the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2016/348: A regulation amending Implementing Regulation EU No 98/2012 regarding the minimum content of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 produced by Komagataella pastoris DSM 23036 as a feed additive for pigs for fattening.
Komagataella pastoris DSM 23036: A strain of yeast used in the production of the feed additive 6-phytase.
Huvepharma EOOD: The holder of authorisation for the feed additive 6-phytase.
Liechtenstein: A country in Europe where feedingstuffs Legislation shall not apply under certain conditions.
Brussels: The city in Belgium where the EEA Joint Committee decision was made.
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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 134/2016
of 8 July 2016
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2018/356]
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) 2016/348 of 10 March 2016 amending Implementing Regulation (EU)
No 98/2012 as regards the minimum content of the preparation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26) produced by
Komagataella pastoris (DSM 23036) as a feed additive for pigs for fattening (holder of authorisation Huvepharma
EOOD) (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 is added in point 2zza (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 98/2012) of Chapter II of Annex I to
the EEA Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
— 32016 R 0348: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/348 of 10 March 2016 (OJ L 65, 11.3.2016,
p. 56).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/348 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 9 July 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made (*).
(1) OJ L 65, 11.3.2016, p. 56.
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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, 8 July 2016.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR