Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 101/2001 of 28 September 2001 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2001-09-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, Norway, customs inspection, plant health control, veterinary inspection

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 101/2001

of 28 September 2001

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 (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 54/2001 of
18 May 2001 (1).

New procedures shall apply to border inspections posts and to acts regarding imports from third
countries under the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement.

These new procedures imply the drawing up of a new list of border inspection posts in Iceland and
Norway in point 39 in Part 1.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement.

(4)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Paragraph 3 in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as
follows:

1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be deleted.

2. Paragraph (e) shall become (c).

3.

In the new paragraph (c) the words (cid:145)(a), (b), (c) and (d)(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)(a) and (b)(cid:146).

Article 2

The text of paragraph 4 B in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be
replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Inspection of border inspection posts

1)

Inspections of border inspection posts shall take place in close cooperation between the EC
Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority.

(1) OJ L 165, 21.6.2001, p. 58.

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2) The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall be entitled to participate in inspection visits of

the
Commission services to the EC Member States with regard to the decisions to which reference is
made in paragraph 5(b), first indent.

3) The EC Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall arrange joint inspection visits to
establish a common recommendation for the purposes of the decisions to which reference is made
in paragraph 5(b), second indent. Any issue arising in this connection may be referred to the EEA
Joint Committee.(cid:146)

Article 3

The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 4 in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of
Annex I to the Agreement:

(cid:145)5. List of border inspection posts

(a) The list of border inspection posts is contained in point 39 in Part 1.2 of Chapter I of

Annex I.

(b) With regard to amendments to this list:

(cid:151) the EFTA States shall apply the Community decisions fixing the list of border inspection

posts for the EC Member States;

(cid:151) the EC Member States shall apply the decisions of the EFTA Surveillance Authority fixing
the border inspection posts for the EFTA States. In cases of additions to this list the third
subparagraph of paragraph 4B shall apply.

(c) Should any difficulty arise in the application of the procedure laid down in (b), the matter will

be referred to the EEA Joint Committee.(cid:146)

Article 4

Paragraph 5 in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I
paragraph 6.

to the Agreement shall become

Article 5

The present paragraph 6 in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be
replaced by the following:

(cid:145)7.

Imports from third countries (cid:151) Application texts and lists of establishments

(a) The EFTA States shall simultaneously with the EC Member States take measures corresponding
to those taken by the latter on the basis of the relevant Community acts as regards the
application texts and lists of establishments concerning imports from third countries.

(b) In the case of any difficulty relating to the application of a Community act, the EFTA State

concerned shall immediately report the matter to the EEA Joint Committee.

(c) This paragraph shall apply to Iceland for the matters covered by the acts to which reference is

made in paragraph 2.

(d) The EEA Joint Committee may take note of the Community decisions.

(e) The obligation laid down in (a), shall apply to all relevant acts in force at any given moment,

whatever their date of adoption.(cid:146)

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The following paragraph shall be inserted after new paragraph 7 in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of
Annex I to the Agreement:

Article 6

(cid:145)8.

Imports from third countries (cid:151) Safeguard and protective measures

(a) The EFTA States shall simultaneously with the EC Member States take measures corresponding
to those taken by the latter on the basis of the relevant Community acts as regards safeguard
and protective measures on imports from third countries.

(b) In the case of any difficulty relating to the application of a Community act, the EFTA State

concerned shall immediately report the matter to the EEA Joint Committee.

(c) The application of this paragraph is without prejudice to the possibility of an EFTA State
taking unilateral protective measures pending the adoption of the decisions mentioned in (a).

(d) This paragraph shall apply to Iceland for the matters covered by the acts to which reference is

made in paragraph 2.

(e) The EEA Joint Committee may take note of the Community decisions.(cid:146)

The present paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 10 in the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement
shall become paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 respectively.

Article 7

Article 8

In point 4 (Council Directive 97/78/8/EC) of Part 1.1 in Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement the words
(cid:145)paragraph 3 of
the
Introductory Part(cid:146).

in adaptation (a) shall be replaced by (cid:145)paragraph 8 of

the Introductory Part(cid:146)

Article 9

In point 5 (Council Directive 91/496/EEC) of Part 1.1 in Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement the
words (cid:145)paragraph 3 of the Introductory Part(cid:146) in the adaptation text shall be replaced by (cid:145)paragraph 8 of
the Introductory Part(cid:146).

The adaptation text of point 39 (Commission Decision 97/778/EC) in Part 1.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to
the Agreement shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 10

Parts 8.2 and 8.3 in Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be deleted.

Article 11

Article 12

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 September 2001, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

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

Article 13

Done at Brussels, 28 September 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

E. BULL

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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ANNEX

TO DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 101/2001

In the Annex, the following is added:

(cid:145)List of border inspection posts

Country: Iceland

1

Akureyri

Eskifj(cid:246)r(cid:240)ur

Hafnarfj(cid:246)r(cid:240)ur

˝safj(cid:246)r(cid:240)ur

2

1700499

1700599

1700299

1700399

Keflav(cid:237)k Airport

1700799

Reykjavik

1700199

Country: Norway

1

Borg

B(cid:229)tsfjord

Hammerfest

Honningsv(cid:229)g

Kristiansund

Oslo

Oslo

Skjervły

Sortland

Stavanger

Storskog

Tromsł

Trondheim

2

1501499

1501199

1501099

1501799

1500299

1500199

1501399

1502099

1501699

1500399

1501299

1501299

1500999

1500799

3

P

P

P

P

A

P

3

P

P

P

P

P

P

A

P

P

P

R

P

P

P

4

5

HC(1,3), NHC(20)

HC-T(1,3), HC-NT(1,3)

HC-T(1,3), HC-NT(1,3)

HC-T(1,3), HC-NT(1,3)

HC-T(1,2,3), HC-NT(1,2,3)

O(19)

HC(1,3), NHC(20)

4

HC, NHC

HC-T(1,3)

HC-T(1,3)

HC-T(1,3)

HC-T(1,3)

HC, NHC

HC, NHC

HC-T(1,3)

5

E(10)

U,E,O

HC-T(1,3), HC-NT(1,3)

HC-T(1,3), HC-NT(1,3), NHC(20)

HC-T, HC-NT, NHC

U,E,O

HC-T(1,3)

HC-T(1,3)

HC(1,3)

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1501599

1500699

P

P

HC-T(1,3)

HC-T(1,3)

1
2
3

4

= Name
= Animo Code
= Type
A
F
P
R

= Airport
= Rail
= Port
= Road

= All Products for Human Consumption

= Products
HC
NHC = Other Products
-NT = No temperature requirements
= Frozen/chilled products
-T

5

= Live animals (see Commission Decision 94/957/EC of 28 December 1994)

U
E
O

= Ungulates: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, wild and domestic solipeds
= Registered Equidae as defined in Council Directive 90/426/EEC
= Other animals

4-5 = Special remarks
(1) = Checking in line with the requirments of Commission Decision 93/352/EEC taken in execution of Article 18(4) of Council

Directive 90/675/EEC
(2) = Packed products only
(3) = Fishery products only
(4) = Animal proteins only
(5) = Wool hides and skins only
(6) = Straw and hay only
(7) = Fishery products from Iceland and Norway only
(8) = Semen and embryos only
(9) = Wool only
(10) = Icelandic ponies (from April to October only)
(11) = Pigs from Cyprus only
(12) = From Malta only
(13) = Equidae only
(14) = Tropical fish only
(15) = Cats, dogs, rodents, lagomorphs, live fish, reptiles and other birds than ratites only
(16) = Zoological animals only
(17) = Feedstuffs in bulk only
(18) = From Hungary only
(19) = Aquaculture animals
(20) = Fish meal only(cid:146)