Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 99/2006 of 22 September 2006 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-09-22
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, animal disease, customs inspection, fish farming, information system, intra-EU trade, live animal, veterinary inspection

30.11.2006

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 99/2006

of 22 September 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) Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 42/2006 of

28 April 2006 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2005/475/EC of 15 June 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) (2) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2005/485/EC of 22 June 2005 amending Decisions 2001/881/EC and 2002/459/

EC as regards the list of border inspection posts (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2005/515/EC of 14 July 2005, amending Decision 2004/292/EC on the
introduction of the Traces system and amending Decision 92/486/EEC (4) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

(5)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

(1) OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 86.
(2) OJ L 176, 8.7.2005, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 181, 13.7.2005, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 29.

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 1

1.

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 0485: Commission Decision 2005/485/EC of 22 June 2005 (OJ L 181, 13.7.2005, p. 1).’

2.

The following indent shall be added in point 118 (Commission Decision 2004/292/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘— 32005 D 0515: Commission Decision 2005/515/EC of 14 July 2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 29).’

3.

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

‘— 32005 D 0475: Commission Decision 2005/475/EC of 15 June 2005 (OJ L 176, 8.7.2005, p. 30).’

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2005/475/EC, 2005/485/EC and 2005/515/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 23 September 2006, 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, 22 September 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.