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THE SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY SUB-COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, and in particular Articles 55 and 65 thereof,

Whereas:

The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part^f1 (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 July 2016.

Pursuant to Article 55(1) of the Agreement, Georgia is to gradually approximate its sanitary and phytosanitary and animal welfare legislative measures to those of the Union as set out in Annex XI to the Agreement.

Pursuant to Article 55(4) of the Agreement, Georgia is to submit a list of the EU sanitary, phytosanitary and animal welfare legislative measures to which it intends to approximate its domestic legislation, no later than six months after the entry into force of the Agreement. That approximation list is to serve as a reference document for the implementation of Chapter 4 (Sanitary and phytosanitary measures) of Title IV (Trade and Trade-related Matters) of the Agreement.

Article 65 of the Agreement established the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee (‘SPS Sub-Committee’), which is to consider any matter relating to Chapter 4 (Sanitary and phytosanitary measures) of Title IV (Trade and Trade-related Matters), including its implementation, and is empowered to review and modify Annex XI to the Agreement.

Georgia submitted the approximation list of the EU legislative measures to the European Commission in February 2015, following which, in consultation with the European Commission, the list was reviewed and finalised in December 2015.

It is appropriate that the SPS Sub-Committee takes a decision to amend Annex XI-B to the Agreement to include the list as set out in the Annex to this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: