EN Official Journal of the European Union L 333/19

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 106/2006

of 22 September 2006

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 76/2006 of 7 July 2006 (1).

(2) Commission Directive 2006/13/EC of 3 February 2006 amending Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed as regards dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2006 of 13 February 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 2430/1999, (EC) No 937/2001, (EC) No 1852/2003 and (EC) No 1463/2004 as regards the terms of the authorisation of certain additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of coccidiostats and other medicinal substances (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2006 of 14 February 2006 concerning the permanent authorisations of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisations of new uses of certain additives already authorised in feedingstuffs (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1. The following indent shall be added in point 1k (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2430/1999): ‘— 32006 R 0249: Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2006 of 13 February 2006 (OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 22).’

2. The following shall be added in points 1u (Commission Regulation (EC) No 937/2001), 1zr (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2003) and 1zzb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1463/2004): ‘, as amended by: — 32006 R 0249: Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2006 of 13 February 2006 (OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 22).’

3. The following point shall be inserted after point 1zzs (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2036/2005): ‘1zzt. 32006 R 0252: Commission Regulation (EC) No 252/2006 of 14 February 2006 concerning the permanent authorisations of certain additives in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisations of new uses of certain additives already authorised in feedingstuffs (OJ L 44, 15.2.2006, p. 3).’

4. The following indent shall be added in point 33 (Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32006 L 0013: Commission Directive 2006/13/EC of 3 February 2006 (OJ L 32, 4.2.2006, p. 44).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 249/2006 and (EC) No 252/2006 and Directive 2006/13/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 23 September 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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, 22 September 2006. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 289, 19.10.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 32, 4.2.2006, p. 44.

(3) OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 22.

(4) OJ L 44, 15.2.2006, p. 3.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.