EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/10

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 75/2007

of 6 July 2007

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 143/2006 of 8 December 2006 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2006/335/EC of 8 May 2006 authorising the Republic of Poland to prohibit on its territory the use of 16 genetically modified varieties of maize with the genetic modification MON 810 listed in the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2006/338/EC of 8 May 2006 authorising the Republic of Poland to prohibit on its territory the use of certain varieties of maize listed in the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Directive 2006/127/EC of 7 December 2006 amending Directive 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of vegetable species (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2006/934/EC of 14 December 2006 on the continuation in the year 2007 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis L. under Council Directive 2002/55/EC started in 2005 (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Decision 2007/66/EC of 18 December 2006 on a temporary experiment with regard to increasing the maximum weight of a lot of certain fodder plant seeds under Council Directive 66/401/EEC (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following indent shall be added in point 12 (Council Directive 2002/55/EC) in Part 1: ‘— 32006 L 0124: Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 (OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 12).’;

2. the following shall be added in point 15 (Commission Directive 2003/91/EC) in Part 1: ‘, as amended by: — 32006 L 0127: Commission Directive 2006/127/EC of 7 December 2006 (OJ L 343, 8.12.2006, p. 82).’;

3. the following points shall be inserted after point 46 (Commission Directive 2006/47/EC) in Part 2: ‘47. 32006 D 0335: Commission Decision 2006/335/EC of 8 May 2006 authorising the Republic of Poland to prohibit on its territory the use of 16 genetically modified varieties of maize with the genetic modification MON 810 listed in the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 26). 48. 32006 D 0338: Commission Decision 2006/338/EC of 8 May 2006 authorising the Republic of Poland to prohibit on its territory the use of certain varieties of maize listed in the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC (OJ L 125, 12.5.2006, p. 31). 49. 32006 D 0934: Commission Decision 2006/934/EC of 14 December 2006 on the continuation in the year 2007 of Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of Asparagus officinalis L. under Council Directive 2002/55/EC started in 2005 (OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 104). 50. 32007 D 0066: Commission Decision 2007/66/EC of 18 December 2006 on a temporary experiment with regard to increasing the maximum weight of a lot of certain fodder plant seeds under Council Directive 66/401/EEC (OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 161).’

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2006/124/EC and 2006/127/EC and Decisions 2006/335/EC, 2006/338/EC, 2006/934/EC and 2007/66/EC 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 7 July 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (8).

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, 6 July 2007. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(1) OJ L 89, 29.3.2007, p. 9.

(2) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 26.

(3) OJ L 125, 12.5.2006, p. 31.

(4) OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 12.

(5) OJ L 343, 8.12.2006, p. 82.

(6) OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 104.

(7) OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 161.

(8) No constitutional requirements indicated.