Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 139/2005 of  2 December 2005  amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Australia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, animal breeding, animal disease, animal plague, vaccination, veterinary legislation

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 139/2005

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)

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

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Commission Decision 2005/176/EC of 1 March 2005 laying down the codified form and the codes
for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC (2) is to be incorpo-
rated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/209/EC of 11 March 2005 amending Decision 2004/288/EC as regards
the prolongation of the temporary access of Australia and New Zealand to the Community reserves
of foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens granted under that Decision (3) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/216/EC of 9 March 2005 amending Decision 2003/828/EC as regards
exemptions from the exit ban for domestic movements of animals (4) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/224/EC of 14 March 2005 amending Decision 2003/136/EC as regards
the termination of the plan for the emergency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever
in Luxembourg (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/226/EC of 14 March 2005 amending Decision 2005/59/EC as regards
areas where the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emergency
vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever are to be implemented in Slovakia (6) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/235/EC of 15 March 2005 repealing Decision 2002/626/EC approving
the plan submitted by France for the eradication of classical swine fever from feral pigs in Moselle
and Meurthe-et-Moselle (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/236/EC of 15 March 2005 amending Decision 2003/135/EC as regards
the termination of the plans for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs and the emer-
gency vaccination of feral pigs against classical swine fever in certain areas of the Federal State of
Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) (8) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Directive 2005/24/EC of 14 March 2005 with regard to the use of ova and embryos and
storage centres for semen from pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (9) is to be incorpo-
rated into the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 306, 24.11.2005, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 40.
(3) OJ L 68, 15.3.2005, p. 42.
(4) OJ L 69, 16.3.2005, p. 39.
(5) OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 69.
(6) OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 72.
(7) OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 43.
(8) OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 44.
(9) OJ L 78, 24.3.2005, p. 43.

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(10)

Commission Decision 2005/264/EC of 23 March 2005 amending Decision 2004/832/EC as regards
the eradication and emergency vaccination plan for feral pigs against classical swine fever in
Northern Vosges, France (1) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(11) Decision 2005/176/EC repeals Commission Decision 2000/807/EC (2), which is incorporated into

the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(12)

This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

Article 2

texts of Directive 2005/24/EC and Decisions 2005/176/EC, 2005/209/EC, 2005/216/EC,
The
2005/224/EC, 2005/226/EC, 2005/235/EC, 2005/236/EC and 2005/264/EC in the Norwegian language,
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

(1) OJ L 81, 30.3.2005, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 80.
(*) 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 shall be added in point 5 (Council Directive 87/328/EEC) in Part 2.2:

‘, as amended by:

— 32005 L 0024: Council Directive 2005/24/EC (OJ L 78, 24.3.2005, p. 43).’;

2. the text of point 16 (Commission Decision 2000/807/EC) in Part 3.2 shall be deleted;

3. the following indent shall be added in point 30 (Commission Decision 2003/828/EC) in Part 3.2:

‘— 32005 D 0216: Commission Decision 2005/216/EC (OJ L 69, 16.3.2005, p. 39).’;

4. the following shall be added in point 31 (Commission Decision 2004/288/EC) in Part 3.2:

‘, as amended by:

— 32005 D 0209: Commission Decision 2005/209/EC (OJ L 68, 15.3.2005, p. 42).’;

5. the following point shall be inserted after point 31 (Commission Decision 2004/288/EC) in Part 3.2:

‘32. 32005 D 0176: Commission Decision 2005/176/EC of 1 March 2005 laying down the codified form and the
codes for the notification of animal diseases pursuant to Council Directive 82/894/EEC (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p.
40).’;

6. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
in Part 3.2, the following indent shall be added in point 20 (Commission Decision

TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’
2003/135/EC):

‘— 32005 D 0236: Commission Decision 2005/236/EC (OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 44).’;

7. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 3.2, the following shall be added in point 21 (Commission Decision 2003/136/EC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32005 D 0224: Commission Decision 2005/224/EC (OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 69).’;

8. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 3.2, the following shall be added in point 28 (Commission Decision 2004/832/EC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32005 D 0264: Commission Decision 2005/264/EC (OJ L 81, 30.3.2005, p. 48).’;

9. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 3.2, the following shall be added in point 29 (Commission Decision 2005/59/EC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32005 D 0226: Commission Decision 2005/226/EC (OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 72).’;

10. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 3.2, the following point shall be inserted after point 30 (Commission Decision
2005/66/EC):

‘31. 32005 D 0235: Commission Decision 2005/235/EC of 15 March 2005 repealing Decision 2002/626/EC
approving the plan submitted by France for the eradication of classical swine fever from feral pigs in Moselle
and Meurthe-et-Moselle (OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 43).’;

11. under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL
TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 3.2, the text of point 19 (Commission Decision 2002/626/EC) shall be deleted.