EN Official Journal of the European Union L 53/25

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 137/2005

of 2 December 2005

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 93/2005 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2005/13/EC of 3 January 2005 amending Decision 2001/881/EC drawing up a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from third countries and updating the detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the experts of the Commission (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2005/67/EC of 28 January 2005 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/634/EC approving programmes for the purpose of obtaining the status of approved zones and of approved farms in non-approved zones with regard to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in fish (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2005/102/EC of 26 January 2005 amending Decisions 2001/881/EC and 2002/459/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2005/104/EC of 3 February 2005 amending Decision 2002/300/EC establishing the list of approved zones with regard to Bonamia ostreae and/or Marteilia refringens (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2005/107/EC of 2 February 2005 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2002/308/EC establishing lists of approved zones and approved farms with regard to one or more of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Decision 2005/123/EC of 9 February 2005 amending Decision 2004/292/EC on the introduction of the TRACES system and amending Decision 92/486/EEC (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(8) This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to the Decision.

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2005/13/EC, 2005/67/EC, 2005/102/EC, 2005/104/EC, 2005/107/EC and 2005/123/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 3 December 2005, 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, 2 December 2005. For the EEA Joint Committee The President H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 306, 24.11.2005, p. 14.

(2) OJ L 6, 8.1.2005, p. 8.

(3) OJ L 27, 29.1.2005, p. 55.

(4) OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 30.

(5) OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 71.

(6) OJ L 34, 8.2.2005, p. 21.

(7) OJ L 39, 11.2.2005, p. 53.

(8) No constitutional requirements indicated.