Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 138/2007 of 26 October 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2007-10-26
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European standard, animal nutrition, food industry, food inspection, foodstuffs legislation, product safety, traceability

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 138/2007

of 26 October 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 100/2007 of

28 September 2007 (1).

(2) Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying

down requirements for feed hygiene (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 repeals Council Directive 95/69/EC (3) and Commission Directive 98/51/
EC (4), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the
Agreement.

(4)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 1

1.

The following point shall be inserted after point 31l (Commission Decision 2006/677/EC):

‘31m. 32005 R 0183: Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1).

The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the
following adaptation:

The following shall be added in Article 18:

“5. The date referred to in Article 18 (1) and (2) shall for the EFTA States be two months
following the date of entry into force of the EEA Joint Committee Decision incorporating
Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 into the EEA Agreement.”’

2.

The text of points 31b (Council Directive 95/69/EC) and 31ba (Commission Directive 98/51/EC) shall be
deleted.

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 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

(1) OJ L 47, 21.2.2008, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 35, 8.2.2005, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 43

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This Decision shall enter into force on 27 October 2007, provided that all the notifications under Arti-
cle 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*) or at the day of the entry into
force of the Decision on the EEA Joint Committee No 137/2007 of 26 October 2007, whichever is the later.

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, 26 October 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.