Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 119/2002 of 27 September 2002 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Austria, France, Netherlands, animal disease, food inspection, health control, health legislation, poultry, poultrymeat, veterinary legislation

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 119/2002

of 27 September 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 ‘the Agreement’, and in parti-
cular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2002 of
25 June 2002 (1).

Commission Decision 2001/738/EC of 17 October 2001 approving the plan for the monitoring and
control of salmonella in fowl presented by the Netherlands (2) is to be incorporated into the Agree-
ment.

Decisions 2000/60/EC and 2000/629/EC, which are already incorporated into the Agreement,
should be moved to other points in part 7.2 of 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 7.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The text of points 38 (Commission Decision 2000/60/EC) and 39 (Commission Decision 2000/629/EC)
under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ shall be deleted.

2. The following points shall be inserted after point 4 (Commission Decision 96/502/EC) under the
heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE
ACCOUNT’:
‘4a. 32000 D 0060: Commission Decision 2000/60/EC of 21 December 1999 approving the plan for
the monitoring and control of salmonella in fowl presented by Austria (OJ L 22, 27.1.2000, p. 61).

4b. 32000 D 0629: Commission Decision 2000/629/EC of 9 October 2000 approving the plan
presented by France for the monitoring and control of salmonella in fowl (OJ L 265, 19.10.2000,
p. 29).

4c. 32001 D 0738: Commission Decision 2001/738/EC of 17 October 2001 approving the plan for
the monitoring and control of salmonella in fowl presented by the Netherlands (OJ L 277,
20.10.2001, p. 27).’

The text of Decision 2001/738/EC in the Norwegian language, to be published in the EEA Supplement to
the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 28 September 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

(1) OJ L 266, 3.10.2002, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 277, 20.10.2001, p. 27.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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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, 27 September 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar Snorri GUNNARSSON