Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 75/2002 of 25 June 2002 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-06-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: animal disease, animal health, exchange of information, health control, intra-EU trade, live animal, marketing, veterinary legislation

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 75/2002

of 25 June 2002

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 149/2001 of
11 December 2001 (1).

Six acts concerning animal health (cid:151) exchange and placing on the market of live animals (cid:151) are to
be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decisions 97/315/EC (2), 97/262/EC (3), 97/263/EC (4) and 1999/465/EC (5) which
are already incorporated into the Agreement, should be moved to another point in Chapter I of
Annex I to the Agreement.

(4)

This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this
Decision.

Article 2

texts

of Decisions
The
2001/292/EC (10) and 2001/296/EC (11)
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

2001/26/EC (7),
in the Norwegian language,

2001/24/EC (6),

2001/28/EC (8),

2001/106/EC (9),
to be published in the EEA

(1) OJ L 65, 7.3.2002, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 20.
(3) OJ L 104, 22.4.1997, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 104, 22.4.1997, p. 34.
(5) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 18.
(8) OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 21.
(9) OJ L 39, 9.2.2001, p. 39.
(10) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 28.
(11) OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 58.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 26 June 2002, 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, 25 June 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified below.

1. The following indents shall be added in point 14 (Commission Decision 93/52/EEC):

ANNEX

(cid:145)(cid:151) 397 D 0315: Commission Decision 97/315/EC of 30 April 1997 (OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 20),

(cid:151) 32001 D 0292: Commission Decision 2001/292/EC of 29 March 2001 (OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 28).(cid:146)

2. The following indent shall be added in point 45 (Commission Decision 1999/467/EC):

(cid:145)(cid:151) 32001 D 0026: Commission Decision 2001/26/EC of 27 December 2000 (OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 18).(cid:146)

3. The text of point 47 (Commission Decision 97/315/EC) shall be deleted.

4. The following shall be added in point 56 (Commission Decision 2000/504/EC):

(cid:145), as amended by:

(cid:151) 32001 D 0024: Commission Decision 2001/24/EC of 27 December 2000 (OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 14).(cid:146)

5. The following points shall be inserted after point 57 (Commission Decision 2000/678/EC):

(cid:145)58. 397 D 0262: Commission Decision 97/262/EC of 4 April 1997 suspending the status of Ireland as regards

Newcastle disease (OJ L 104, 22.4.1997, p. 33).

59. 397 D 0263: Commission Decision 97/263/EC of 4 April 1997 suspending the status of a region of the

United Kingdom as regards Newcastle disease (OJ L 104, 22.4.1997, p. 34).

60. 399 D 0465: Commission Decision 1999/465/EC of 13 July 1999 establishing the officially
enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of Member States
(OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32), as amended by:

(cid:151) 32001 D 0028: Commission Decision 2001/28/EC of 27 December 2000 (OJ L 6, 11.1.2001, p. 21).

61. 32001 D 0106: Commission Decision 2001/106/EC of 24 January 2001 establishing a model for the lists of
units approved by Member States for intra-Community trade in live animals, semen and embryos and the
rules applying to the transmission of these lists to the Commission (OJ L 39, 9.2.2001, p. 39).

62. 32001 D 0296: Commission Decision 2001/296/EC of 29 March 2001 authorising laboratories to check the

effectiveness of vaccination against rabies in certain domestic carnivores (OJ L 102, 12.4.2001, p. 58).(cid:146)

6. Under the heading ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT, the text of points 43 (Commission Decision 97/262/EC), 44 (Commission Decision
97/263/EC) and 46 (Commission Decision 99/465/EC) shall be deleted.