EN Official Journal of the European Union L 130/6

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 22/2009

of 17 March 2009

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 111/2008 of 7 November 2008 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2007/594/EC of 29 August 2007 amending Annex IV to Council Directive 90/539/EEC as regards model veterinary certificates for intra-Community trade in poultry and hatching eggs to take account of certain public health requirements (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2007/683/EC of 18 October 2007 approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Hungary (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2007/729/EC of 7 November 2007 amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 93/53/EEC, 95/70/EC, 2000/75/EC, 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, and Decisions 2001/618/EC and 2004/233/EC as regards lists of national reference laboratories and State institutes (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2007/846/EC of 6 December 2007 establishing a model for the lists of entities approved by Member States in accordance with various provisions of Community veterinary legislation, and the rules applying to the transmission of these lists to the Commission (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2007/870/EC of 21 December 2007 approving the plans for 2008 for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency vaccination of those pigs and of pigs in holdings against that disease in Romania (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Decision 2007/846/EC repeals Commission Decision 2001/106/EC (7) which is incorporated into the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2007/594/EC, 2007/683/EC, 2007/729/EC, 2007/846/EC and 2007/870/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 18 March 2009, 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, 17 March 2009. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 339, 18.12.2008, p. 98.

(2) OJ L 227, 31.8.2007, p. 33.

(3) OJ L 281, 25.10.2007, p. 27.

(4) OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26.

(5) OJ L 333, 19.12.2007, p. 72.

(6) OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 105.

(7) OJ L 39, 9.2.2001, p. 39.

(8) No constitutional requirements indicated.