EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/3

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 2/2012

of 10 February 2012

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 124/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1).

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2011 of 4 July 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2010/256/EU of 30 April 2010 amending Decision 92/216/EEC as regards the publication of the list of coordinating authorities for equine competitions (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2010/433/EU of 5 August 2010 amending Decision 2004/558/EC implementing Council Directive 64/432/EEC as regards additional guarantees for intra-Union trade in bovine animals relating to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2010/633/EU of 22 October 2010 amending Decision 93/152/EEC laying down the criteria for vaccines to be used against Newcastle disease in the context of routine vaccination programmes (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2011/111/EU of 18 February 2011 authorising France, pursuant to Council Directive 92/66/EEC, to transport day-old chicks and ready-to-lay pullets outside the protection zone established due to an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the department of Côtes d’Armor (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Implementing Decision 2011/378/EU of 27 June 2011 amending Part A of Annex XI to Council Directive 2003/85/EC as regards the list of national laboratories authorised to handle live foot-and-mouth disease virus (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(8) This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland.

(9) This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters. Legislation regarding veterinary matters shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the sectoral adaptations to Annex I to the Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) the following indent shall be added in point 21 (Commission Decision 92/216/EEC) in Part 2.2: ‘— 32010 D 0256: Commission Decision 2010/256/EU of 30 April 2010 (OJ L 112, 5.5.2010, p. 8).’;

(2) the following indent shall be added in point 1a (Council Directive 2003/85/EC) in Part 3.1: ‘— 32011 D 0378: Commission Implementing Decision 2011/378/EU of 27 June 2011 (OJ L 168, 28.6.2011, p. 16).’;

(3) the following indent shall be added in point 40 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007) in Part 3.2: ‘— 32011 R 0648: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2011 of 4 July 2011 (OJ L 176, 5.7.2011, p. 18).’;

(4) 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 46 (Commission Decision 2008/838/EC) in Part 3.2: ‘47. 32011 D 0111: Commission Decision 2011/111/EU of 18 February 2011 authorising France, pursuant to Council Directive 92/66/EEC, to transport day-old chicks and ready-to-lay pullets outside the protection zone established due to an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the department of Côtes d’Armor (OJ L 46, 19.2.2011, p. 44). This act shall not apply to Iceland.’;

(5) the following shall be added in point 18 (Commission Decision 93/152/EEC) in Part 4.2: ‘, as amended by: — 32010 D 0633: Commission Decision 2010/633/EU of 22 October 2010 (OJ L 279, 23.10.2010, p. 33).’;

(6) the following indent shall be added in point 80 (Commission Decision 2004/558/EC) in Part 4.2: ‘— 32010 D 0433: Commission Decision 2010/433/EU of 5 August 2010 (OJ L 205, 6.8.2010, p. 7).’.

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2011, Decisions 2010/256/EU, 2010/433/EU, 2010/633/EU, 2011/111/EU and Implementing Decision 2011/378/EU 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 11 February 2012, 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, 10 February 2012. For the EEA Joint Committee The Acting President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 176, 5.7.2011, p. 18.

(3) OJ L 112, 5.5.2010, p. 8.

(4) OJ L 205, 6.8.2010, p. 7.

(5) OJ L 279, 23.10.2010, p. 33.

(6) OJ L 46, 19.2.2011, p. 44.

(7) OJ L 168, 28.6.2011, p. 16.

(8) No constitutional requirements indicated.