Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 138/1999 of 5 November 1999 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1999-11-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: fresh meat, health certificate, import, meat product, milk, milk product

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 138/1999

of 5 November 1999

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 adjusted 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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 76/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of
25 June 1999 (1).

Commission Decision 1999/52/EC of 8 January 1999 amending Decision 97/252/EC drawing up
provisional
lists of third-country establishments from which Member States are to authorise
imports of milk and milk-based products for human consumption (2), is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

Commission Decision 1999/62/EC of 21 December 1998 amending Decision 97/222/EC laying
down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorise importation of meat
products (3), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 1999/85/EC of 1 February 1999 amending Decision 87/257/EEC on the list
of establishments in the United States of America approved for the purpose of importing fresh
meat into the Community (4), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5)

This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 156 (Commission Decision 97/252/EC) in Part 8.2 of
Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘— 399 D 0052: Commission Decision 1999/52/EC (OJ L 17, 22.1.1999, p. 51).’

(1) OJ L 296, 23.11.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 17, 22.1.1999, p. 51.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 54.
(4) OJ L 27, 2.2.1999, p. 32.

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Article 2

The following indent shall be added in point 154 (Commission Decision 97/222/EC) in Part 8.2 of
Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘— 399 D 0062: Commission Decision 1999/62/EC (OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 54).’

Article 3

The following indent shall be added in point 19 (Commission Decision 87/257/EEC) in Part 8.3.1 of
Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘— 399 D 0085: Commission Decision 1999/85/EC (OJ L 27, 2.2.1999, p. 32).’

The texts of Decisions 1999/52/EC, 1999/62/EC and 1999/85/EC in the Norwegian language, which are
annexed to the Norwegian language version of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 4

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 November 1999, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 6

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 5 November 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. LIECHTENSTEIN