Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 141/2006 of 8 December 2006 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-12-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, animal disease, aquaculture, fish disease, health control, veterinary inspection

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 141/2006

of 8 December 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 105/2006 of

22 September 2006 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2005/748/EC of 24 October 2005 amending Decision 2002/300/EC as regards
the areas excluded from the list of approved zones with regard to Bonamia ostreae and/or Marteilia
refringens (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2005/770/EC of 3 November 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.

(4) Commission Decision 2005/813/EC of 15 November 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) (4) is to
be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

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 point 65 (Commission Decision 2002/300/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘— 32005 D 0748: Commission Decision 2005/748/EC of 24 October 2005 (OJ L 280, 25.10.2005,

p. 20).’;

2.

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

‘— 32005 D 0813: Commission Decision 2005/813/EDC of 15 November 2005 (OJ L 304,

23.11.2005, p. 19).’;

(1) OJ L 333, 30.11.2006, p. 17.
(2) OJ L 280, 25.10.2005, p. 20.
(3) OJ L 291, 5.11.2005, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 304, 23.11.2005, p. 19.

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under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 4.2, the following indent shall be added in point 55 (Commission
Decision 2003/634/EC):

‘— 32005 D 0770: Commission Decision 2005/770/EC of 3 November 2005 (OJ L 291, 5.11.2005,

p. 33).’

Article 2

in the Icelandic and Norwegian
The texts of Decisions 2005/748/EC, 2005/770/EC and 2005/813/EC,
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 9 December 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, 8 December 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.