Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 126/2001 of 23 November 2001 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2001-11-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Saxony-Anhalt, animal disease, animal plague, medical diagnosis, swine, wildlife

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 126/2001

of 23 November 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 ‘the Agreement’, 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 102/2001 of
26 October 2001 (1).

Commission Decision 2000/281/EC of 31 March 2000 approving the plan presented by Germany
for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Saxony-Anhalt (2) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2000/428/EC of 4 July 2000 establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling
methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests for the confirmation and
differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4)

This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The following point shall be inserted after point 13 (Commission Decision 2000/112/EC):

‘14.

32000 D 0428: Commission Decision 2000/428/EC of 4 July 2000 establishing diagnostic
procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory
tests for the confirmation and differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease (OJ L 167,
7.7.2000, p. 22).’

2.

The following point shall be inserted after point 10 (Commission Decision 1999/335/EC) under the
heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’:

‘11.

32000 D 0281: Commission Decision 2000/281/EC of 31 March 2000 approving the plan
presented by Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Saxony-
Anhalt (OJ L 92, 13.4.2000, p. 27).’

(1) OJ L 322, 6.12.2001, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 92, 13.4.2000, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, p. 22.

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Article 2

The texts of Commission Decisions 2000/281/EC and 2000/428/EC in the Norwegian language, to be
published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 24 November 2001, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

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

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 23 November 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

E. BULL

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.