EN Official Journal of the European Union L 306/18

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 95/2005

of 8 July 2005

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 30/2005 of 11 March 2005 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2004/842/EC of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2004/893/EC of 20 December 2004 providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Secale cereale, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2004/894/EC of 20 December 2004 providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Triticum aestivum, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2005/5/EC of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 35 (Commission Decision 2004/371/EC) in Part 2 of Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘36. 32004 D 0842: Commission Decision 2004/842/EC of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p. 21). The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: References to other acts in the Decision shall be considered relevant to the extent and in the form that those acts are incorporated into the Agreement.

37. 32004 D 0893: Commission Decision 2004/893/EC of 20 December 2004 providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Secale cereale, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 31).

38. 32004 D 0894: Commission Decision 2004/894/EC of 20 December 2004 providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Triticum aestivum, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 33).

39. 32005 D 0005: Commission Decision 2005/5/EC of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 12). The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: References to other acts in the Decision shall be considered relevant to the extent and in the form that those acts are incorporated into the Agreement.’

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2004/842/EC, 2004/893/EC, 2004/894/EC and 2005/5/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 9 July 2005, 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, 8 July 2005. For the EEA Joint Committee The President HSH Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 198, 28.7.2005, p. 18.

(2) OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 31.

(4) OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 33.

(5) OJ L 2, 5.1.2005, p. 12.

(6) No constitutional requirements indicated.