Council Decision of 28 June 2011 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the Joint Management Committee for Sanitary and Phytosanitary matters set up by the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part as regards the amendment of Appendix V.A. to Annex IV to that Agreement (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/449/EU)

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DECISION No …/2011 OF THE JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MATTERS SET UP UNDER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES APPLICABLE TO TRADE IN ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS, PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER GOODS AND ANIMAL WELFARE

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amending Appendix V.A. to Annex IV to the Agreement

THE JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States and the Republic of Chile on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures applicable to trade in animals and animal products, plants, plant products and other goods and animal welfare (hereinafter referred to as ‘EU-Chile SPS Agreement’), and in particular Article 7(4), second subparagraph thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 7(1) of the EU-Chile SPS Agreement provides that equivalence may be recognised in relation to an individual measure and/or groups of measures and/or systems applicable to a sector or sub-sector.

(2) Article 7(4) of the EU-Chile SPS Agreement establishes that the sectors or sub-sectors for which the process for recognition of equivalence may be initiated are to be set out in order of priority in Appendix V.A.

(3) The Republic of Chile expressed interest to include bivalve molluscs as a sub-sector of fishery products in Appendix V.A. as a priority sector to initiate assessment of equivalence of the measures applied to them.

(4) The Parties agreed at the fifth meeting of the Joint Management Committee to initiate the procedure to modify accordingly Appendix V.A. to the EU-Chile SPS Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 U.K.

Appendix V.A. to the EU-Chile SPS Agreement is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2 U.K.

This Decision, drawn up in duplicate, shall be signed by the Joint Chairmen of the Joint Management Committee or other persons empowered to act on behalf of the Parties. It shall be adopted by means of an exchange of written notes between the two Secretaries acting in agreement with the Parties certifying the completion of the necessary legal internal procedures.

Article 3 U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of issue of the last written note exchanged.

Signed at Santiago, [date]

Signed at Brussels, [date]

For the Joint Management Committee

Head of Delegation of the Republic of Chile

Head of Delegation of the European Union

ANNEX U.K.

Appendix V PRIORITY SECTORS OR SUB-SECTORS FOR WHICH EQUIVALENCE MAY BE RECOGNISED AND CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS FOR PROVISIONAL APPROVAL OF ESTABLISHMENTS

A. Priority sectors or sub-sectors for which equivalence may be recognised U.K.

(1) Sector: Fishery products U.K.

Sub-sector: Bivalve molluscs