Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 153/2007 of 7 December 2007 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2007-12-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Community Plant Variety Office, Community certification, catalogue, crop production, designation of origin, plant health control, plant variety right, product designation

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 153/2007

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)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2007 of
26 October 2007 (1).

Commission Directive 2007/48/EC of 26 July 2007 amending Directive 2003/90/EC setting out imple-
menting measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the char-
acteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining
certain varieties of agricultural plant species (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Directive 2007/49/EC of 26 July 2007 amending Directive 2003/91/EC setting out imple-
menting measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/55/EC as regards the char-
acteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining
certain varieties of vegetable species (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 920/2007 of 1 August 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 930/2000
establishing implementing rules as to the suitability of the denomination of varieties of agricultural plant
species and vegetable species (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 1

1)

the following indent shall be added in point 14 (Commission Directive 2003/90/EC) in Part 1:

‘— 32007 L 0048: Commission Directive 2007/48/EC of 26 July 2007 (OJ L 195, 27.7.2007, p. 29).’;

2)

the following indent shall be added in point 15 (Commission Directive 2003/91/EC) in Part 1:

‘— 32007 L 0049: Commission Directive 2007/49/EC of 26 July 2007 (OJ L 195, 27.7.2007, p. 33).’;

(1) OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 195, 27.7.2007, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 195, 27.7.2007, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 201, 2.8.2007, p. 3.

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3)

the following shall be added in point 18 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 930/2000) in Part 2:

‘, as amended by:

— 32007 R 0920: Commission Regulation (EC) No 920/2007 of 1 August 2007 (OJ L 201, 2.8.2007,

p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 920/2007 and Directives 2007/48/EC and 2007/49/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 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.