EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/4

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 56/2009

of 29 May 2009

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 41/2009 of 24 April 2009 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2008/77/EC of 25 January 2008 approving the plans for 2008 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of those pigs against that disease in Bulgaria (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2008/88/EC of 28 January 2008 amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards areas where the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are to be implemented in Slovakia (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2008/97/EC of 30 January 2008 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Italy are officially free of brucellosis (B. melitensis) and Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain administrative regions of Italy are officially free of bovine tuberculosis and bovine brucellosis and that certain administrative regions of Poland are officially free of enzootic bovine leucosis (4), as corrected by OJ L 281, 24.10.2008, p. 35, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2008/159/EC of 22 February 2008 amending Decision 2007/683/EC approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Hungary (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter I of Annex I shall be amended as follows:

1. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following indent shall be added in point 29 (Commission Decision 2005/59/EC) in Part 3.2: ‘— 32008 D 0088: Commission Decision 2008/88/EC of 28 January 2008 (OJ L 28, 1.2.2008, p. 34).’;

2. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following shall be added in point 42 (Commission Decision 2007/683/EC) in Part 3.2: ‘as amended by: — 32008 D 0159: Commission Decision 2008/159/EC of 22 February 2008 (OJ L 51, 26.2.2008, p. 21).’;

3. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following point shall be inserted after point 43 (Commission Decision 2007/870/EC) in Part 3.2: ‘44. 32008 D 0077: Commission Decision 2008/77/EC of 25 January 2008 approving the plans for 2008 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of those pigs against that disease in Bulgaria (OJ L 23, 26.1.2008, p. 28). This act shall not apply to Iceland.’;

4. the following indent shall be added in points 14 (Commission Decision 93/52/EEC) and 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2: ‘— 32008 D 0097: Commission Decision 2008/97/EC of 30 January 2008 (OJ L 32, 6.2.2008, p. 25), as corrected by OJ L 281, 24.10.2008, p. 35.’

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2008/77/EC, 2008/88/EC, 2008/97/EC, as corrected by OJ L 281, 24.10.2008, p. 35, and 2008/159/EC, in the Norwegian language, 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 30 May 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (6).

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, 29 May 2009. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 162, 25.6.2009, p. 16.

(2) OJ L 23, 26.1.2008, p. 28.

(3) OJ L 28, 1.2.2008, p. 34.

(4) OJ L 32, 6.2.2008, p. 25.

(5) OJ L 51, 26.2.2008, p. 21.

(6) No constitutional requirements indicated.