EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/1

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 1/2012

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 Regulation (EU) No 1033/2010 of 15 November 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1505/2006 as regards the annual reports by the Member States on the results of the checks carried out in relation to the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 189/2011 of 25 February 2011 amending Annexes VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) This Decision shall apply to Iceland with the transitional period specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I for the areas which did not apply to Iceland prior to the review of this Chapter by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 133/2007 of 26 October 2007 (4).

(5) 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. 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 shall be added in point 131 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1505/2006) in Part 1.2: ‘, as amended by: — 32010 R 1033: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1033/2010 of 15 November 2010 (OJ L 298, 16.11.2010, p. 5).’;

(2) the following indent shall be added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1: ‘— 32011 R 0189: Commission Regulation (EU) No 189/2011 of 25 February 2011 (OJ L 53, 26.2.2011, p. 56).’;

(3) the text of adaptation H in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘In Annex IX, Chapter D, Section B, point (d), the following shall be added after the words “destined to a Member State listed in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2006,”: “or destined for Norway,” ’.

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) No 1033/2010 and (EU) No 189/2011 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 11 February 2012, 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, 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 298, 16.11.2010, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 53, 26.2.2011, p. 56.

(4) OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 27.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.