Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 42/2006 of  28 April 2006  amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-04-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: agricultural trade, animal disease, cattle, disease prevention, goat, health control, import, public health, sheep, veterinary inspection

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 42/2006

of 28 April 2006

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)

(4)

(5)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/2006 of
27 January 2006 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/2003 of 19 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests (2) is to be incor-
porated into the Agreement.

Regulation (EC) No 1128/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards the extension of the period for transitional
measures (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2003 of 27 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring programmes and
specified risk material (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2003 of 10 July 2003 amending Annexes I, IV and XI to
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No
1326/2001 as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and animal feeding (5) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 92, 30.3.2006, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 152, 20.6.2003, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 22.
(5) OJ L 173, 11.7.2003, p. 6.

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2003 of 15 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No
999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for importation of live
bovine animals and products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from Costa Rica and New
Caledonia (1) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1915/2003 of 30 October 2003 amending Annexes VII, VIII and IX
to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the trade
and import of ovine and caprine animals and the measures following the confirmation of trans-
missible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals (2) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2003 of 19 December 2003 amending Annex III to Regu-
lation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals (3) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Annex VIII to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards trade in ovine and
caprine animals for breeding (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(10)

Regulation (EC) No 1234/2003 repeals Council Decision 2000/766/EC (5) and Commission Decision
2001/9/EC (6), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed
under the Agreement.

(11)

This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 1

1. The following indents shall be added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European

Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:

‘— 32003 R 1053: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1053/2003 of 19 June 2003 (OJ L 152,

20.6.2003, p. 8),

— 32003 R 1128: Regulation (EC) No 1128/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

16 June 2003 (OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 1),

— 32003 R 1139: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1139/2003 of 27 June 2003 (OJ L 160,

28.6.2003, p. 22),

— 32003 R 1234: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2003 of 10 July 2003 (OJ L 173,

11.7.2003, p. 6),

— 32003 R 1809: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2003 of 15 October 2003 (OJ L 265,

16.10.2003, p. 10),

(1) OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 52.
(5) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 32.

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— 32003 R 1915: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1915/2003 of 30 October 2003 (OJ L 283,

31.10.2003, p. 29),

— 32003 R 2245: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2003 of 19 December 2003 (OJ L 333,

20.12.2003, p. 28),

— 32004 R 0876: Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2004 of 29 April 2004 (OJ L 162,

30.4.2004, p. 52).’

2. The adaptation text in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the

Council) in Part 7.1 shall be amended as follows:

1. adaptation texts B and C shall be deleted,

2. present adaptation text D shall become adaptation text B.

3. The text of point 11 (Council Decision 2000/766/EC) in Part 7.1 and point 16 (Commission Decision

2001/9/EC) in Part 7.2 shall be deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1053/2003,
(EC) No
1234/2003, (EC) No 1809/2003, (EC) No 1915/2003, (EC) No 2245/2003 and (EC) No 876/2004 in
the Norwegian language, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union,
shall be authentic.

(EC) No 1139/2003,

(EC) No 1128/2003,

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 April 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

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, 28 April 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.