EN Official Journal of the European Union L 124/3

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 149/2007

of 7 December 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 137/2007 of 26 October 2007 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2007/142/EC of 28 February 2007 establishing a Community Veterinary Emergency Team to assist the Commission in supporting Member States and third countries in veterinary matters relating to certain animal diseases (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Directive 2007/10/EC of 21 February 2007 amending Annex II to Council Directive 92/119/EEC as regards the measures to be taken within a protection zone following an outbreak of swine vesicular disease (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2007/146/EC of 28 February 2007 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards the conditions for the exemption from the exit ban for intra-Community trade and as regards the demarcation of the restricted zones in Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Italy (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2007/174/EC of 20 March 2007 amending Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration that certain provinces or regions of Italy are officially free of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and enzootic bovine leukosis and that a region of Poland is officially free of enzootic bovine leukosis (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2007/182/EC of 19 March 2007 on a survey for chronic wasting disease in cervids (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Decision 2007/227/EC of 11 April 2007 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(8) Commission Decision 2007/265/EC of 26 April 2007 amending Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC to include additional health measures for the trade in live bees, and to update the health certificates models (8) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(9) Commission Decision 2007/268/EC of 13 April 2007 on the implementation of surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds to be carried out in the Member States and amending Decision 2004/450/EC (9) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(10) Commission Decision 2007/354/EC of 21 May 2007 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (10) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(11) Commission Decision 2007/357/EC of 22 May 2007 amending Decision 2005/393/EC as regards restricted zones in relation to bluetongue (11) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2007/10/EC and Decisions 2007/142/EC, 2007/146/EC, 2007/174/EC, 2007/182/EC, 2007/227/EC, 2007/265/EC, 2007/268/EC, 2007/354/EC and 2007/357/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 8 December 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (12).

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, 7 December 2007. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(1) OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 53.

(2) OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 27.

(3) OJ L 63, 1.3.2007, p. 24.

(4) OJ L 64, 2.3.2007, p. 37.

(5) OJ L 80, 21.3.2007, p. 11.

(6) OJ L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 37.

(7) OJ L 98, 13.4.2007, p. 23.

(8) OJ L 114, 1.5.2007, p. 17.

(9) OJ L 115, 3.5.2007, p. 3.

(10) OJ L 133, 25.5.2007, p. 37.

(11) OJ L 133, 25.5.2007, p. 44.

(12) No constitutional requirements indicated.