Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 46/2007 of 8 June 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2007-06-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU control, customs regulations, fish disease, import, third country, veterinary inspection

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 46/2007

of 8 June 2007

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 2/2007 of 27 April

2007 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2006/414/EC of 7 June 2006 amending Decisions 2001/881/EC
and 2002/459/EC as regards the list of border inspection posts (2) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2006/559/EC of 8 August 2006 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 (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2006/590/EC of 1 September 2006 amending Decisions 94/360/EC
and 2001/812/EC as regards veterinary checks on products from third countries (4) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2006/674/EC of 6 October 2006 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) (5) is to
be incorporated into the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 209, 9.8.2007, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 219, 10.8.2006, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 240, 2.9.2006, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 276, 7.10.2006, p. 80.

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(6) Commission Decision 2006/685/EC of 6 October 2006 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 (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Decision 2006/775/EC of 13 November 2006 amending Annex D to Council Directive
95/70/EC as regards the list of exotic mollusc diseases subject to harmonised Community control
measures (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(8)

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 25 (Commission Decision 94/360/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘— 32006 D 0590: Commission Decision 2006/590/EC of 1 September 2006 (OJ L 240, 2.9.2006,

p. 11).’

2.

The following shall be added in point 111 (Commission Decision 2001/812/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘, as amended by:

— 32006 D 0590: Commission Decision 2006/590/EC of 1 September 2006 (OJ L 240, 2.9.2006,

p. 11).’

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:

‘— 32006 D 0414: Commission Decision 2006/414/EC of 7 June 2006 (OJ L 164, 16.6.2006, p. 27).’

4.

The following indent shall be added in point 8 (Council Directive 95/70/EC) in Part 3.1:

‘— 32006 D 0775: Commission Decision 2006/775/EC of 13 November 2006 (OJ L 314,

15.11.2006, p. 33).’

5.

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

‘— 32006 D 0559: Commission Decision 2006/559/EC of 8 August 2006 (OJ L 219, 10.8.2006,

p. 28).’

6.

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

‘— 32006 D 0674: Commission Decision 2006/674/EC of 6 October 2006 (OJ L 276, 7.10.2006,

p. 80).’

(6) OJ L 282, 13.10.2006, p. 44.
(7) OJ L 314, 15.11.2006, p. 33.

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7.

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):

‘— 32006 D 0685: Commission Decision 2006/685/EC of 6 October 2006 (OJ L 282, 13.10.2006,

p. 44).’

texts of Decisions 2006/414/EC, 2006/559/EC, 2006/590/EC, 2006/674/EC, 2006/685/EC
The
and 2006/775/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.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 9 June 2007, 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, 8 June 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.