Date: 2022-09-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 94/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1538]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 94/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement. The decision incorporates Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 amends Annexes III, V, VII, and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, addressing genotyping of positive TSE cases in goats, age determination in ovine and caprine animals, measures for flocks with atypical scrapie, and import conditions for products of bovine, ovine, and caprine origin. This decision will not apply to Liechtenstein due to the extension of the Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland on trade in agricultural products to Liechtenstein. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, following notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for adopting decisions related to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which extends the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Commission Regulation EU 2021/1176: A European Union regulation amending Annexes III, V, VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards genotyping of positive TSE cases in goats, the determination of age in ovine and caprine animals, the measures applicable in a herd or flock with atypical scrapie and the conditions for imports of products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin.
Regulation EC No 999/2001: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Liechtenstein: A country in Europe to which legislation regarding veterinary matters shall not apply as long as the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union
Swiss Confederation: Referring to Switzerland and its agreement with the European Community on trade in agricultural products.
Brussels: The city where the decision was made.
22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/11
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 94/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1538]
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 Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 of 16 July 2021amending Annexes III, V, VII and IX to Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards genotyping of positive TSE cases in goats,
the determination of age in ovine and caprine animals, the measures applicable in a herd or flock with atypical
scrapie and the conditions for imports of products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin(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 following indent is added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in
Part 7.1 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32021 R 1176: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 of 16 July 2021(OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 56).’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 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 30 April 2022, 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.
(1) OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 56.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.L 246/12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN