Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 137/2005 of  2 December 2005  amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, animal disease, aquaculture, customs, customs inspection, disclosure of information, health control, live animal

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 137/2005

of 2 December 2005

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 particu-
lar Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 93/2005 (1).

Commission Decision 2005/13/EC of 3 January 2005 amending Decision 2001/881/EC drawing up
a list of border inspection posts agreed for veterinary checks on animals and animal products from
third countries and updating the detailed rules concerning the checks to be carried out by the
experts of the Commission (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/67/EC of 28 January 2005 amending Annexes I and II to Decision
2003/634/EC approving programmes for the purpose of obtaining the status of approved zones and
of approved farms in non-approved zones with regard to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and
infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in fish (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/102/EC of 26 January 2005 amending Decisions 2001/881/EC and
2002/459/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts (4) is to be incorporated into the Agree-
ment.

Commission Decision 2005/104/EC of 3 February 2005 amending Decision 2002/300/EC estab-
lishing the list of approved zones with regard to Bonamia ostreae and/or Marteilia refringens (5) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/107/EC of 2 February 2005 amending Annexes I and II to Decision
2002/308/EC establishing lists of approved zones and approved farms with regard to one or more
of the fish diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis
(IHN) (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/123/EC of 9 February 2005 amending Decision 2004/292/EC on the
introduction of the TRACES system and amending Decision 92/486/EEC (7) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

(8)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

(1) OJ L 306, 24.11.2005, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 6, 8.1.2005, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 27, 29.1.2005, p. 55.
(4) OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 30.
(5) OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 71.
(6) OJ L 34, 8.2.2005, p. 21.
(7) OJ L 39, 11.2.2005, p. 53.

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2005/13/EC, 2005/67/EC, 2005/102/EC, 2005/104/EC, 2005/107/EC and
2005/123/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the
Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 3 December 2005, 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 Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 2 December 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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ANNEX

Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified below:

1. the following indent shall be added in point 12 (Commission Decision 92/486/EEC) in Part 1.2:

‘— 32005 D 0123: Commission Decision 2005/123/EC (OJ L 39, 11.2.2005, p. 53).’;

2. the following indent shall be added in point 39 (Commission Decision 2001/881/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘— 32005 D 0013: Commission Decision 2005/13/EC (OJ L 6, 8.1.2005, p. 8).’;

3. the following indent shall be added in points 39 (Commission Decision 2001/881/EC) and 46 (Commission Decision

2002/459/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘— 32005 D 0102: Commission Decision 2005/102/EC (OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 30).’;

4. the following shall be added in point 118 (Commission Decision 2004/292/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘, as amended by:

— 32005 D 0123: Commission Decision 2005/123/EC (OJ L 39, 11.2.2005, p. 53).’;

5. the following indent shall be added in point 65 (Commission Decision 2002/300/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘— 32005 D 0104: Commission Decision 2005/104/EC (OJ L 33, 5.2.2005, p. 71).’;

6. the following indent shall be added in point 66 (Commission Decision 2002/308/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘— 32005 D 0107: Commission Decision 2005/107/EC (OJ L 34, 8.2.2005, p. 21).’;

7. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
in Part 4.2, the following indent shall be added in point 55 (Commission Decision

TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’
2003/634/EC):

‘— 32005 D 0067: Commission Decision 2005/67/EC (OJ L 27, 29.1.2005, p. 55).’