Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 148/2007 of 7 December 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2007-12-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: agricultural trade, animal product, customs inspection, fish disease, fish farming, health control, live animal, veterinary inspection

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 148/2007

of 7 December 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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 137/2007 of
26 October 2007 (1).

Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be
subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (2) is
to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2007/276/EC of 19 April 2007 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.

Commission Decision 2007/345/EC of 10 May 2007 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.

Decision 2007/275/EC repeals Commission Decision 2002/349/EC (5) which is incorporated into the
Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(6)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

(1) OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 34.
(4) OJ L 130, 22.5.2007, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 121, 8.5.2002, p. 6.

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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 (Commis-
sion Decision 2002/459/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘— 32007 D 0276: Commission Decision 2007/276/EC of 19 April 2007 (OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 34).’;

2)

the following point shall be inserted after point 136 (Commission Decision 2006/677/EC) in Part 1.2:

‘137. 32007 D 0275: Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals
and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives
91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9).

This act applies also to Iceland for the areas covered by the specific acts to which reference is made
in paragraph 2 of the introductory Part.’;

3)

the text of point 113 (Commission Decision 2002/349/EC) in Part 1.2 shall be deleted;

4)

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

‘— 32007 D 0345: Commission Decision 2007/345/EC of 10 May 2007 (OJ L 130, 22.5.2007, p. 16).’

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2007/275/EC, 2007/276/EC and 2007/345/EC, in the Icelandic and Norwegian lan-
guages, 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 8 December 2007, 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, 7 December 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.