DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 18/2021

of 5 February 2021

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/27]

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) 2019/1871 of 7 November 2019 on reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin and repealing Decision 2005/34/EC ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/1871 repeals Commission Decision 2005/34/EC ( 2 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(3) Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is inserted after point 12d (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/470) of Chapter XIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘12e.

32019 R 1871 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1871 of 7 November 2019 on reference points for action for non-allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin and repealing Decision 2005/34/EC ( OJ L 289, 8.11.2019, p. 41 ).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the EEA Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

References to other acts in the Regulation shall be considered relevant to the extent and in the form that those acts are incorporated into the Agreement.’

Article 2

The text of point 128 (Commission Decision 2005/34/EC) of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement is deleted.

Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/1871 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

Article 5

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, 5 February 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 289, 8.11.2019, p. 41 .

( 2 ) OJ L 16, 20.1.2005, p. 61 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/27/oj

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