Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 28/2011 of 1 April 2011 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-04-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Community Plant Variety Office, European Economic Area, catalogue, crop production, plant health control, revision of an agreement




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30.6.2011   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 28/2011
of 1 April 2011
         
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 99/2010 of 1 October 2010 (1).












(2)


Commission Directive 2010/46/EU of 2 July 2010 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Decision 2010/377/EU of 7 July 2010 releasing Estonia from certain obligations to apply Council Directives 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in respect of Avena strigosa Schreb., Brassica nigra (L.) Koch and Helianthus annuus L. (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following indent shall be added in points 14 (Commission Directive 2003/90/EC) and 15 (Commission Directive 2003/91/EC) of Part 1:






‘—



32010 L 0046: Commission Directive 2010/46/EU of 2 July 2010 (OJ L 169, 3.7.2010, p. 7).’;














(2)


the following point shall be inserted after point 80 (Commission Decision 2010/198/EU) under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’:






‘81.



32010 D 0377: Commission Decision 2010/377/EU of 7 July 2010 releasing Estonia from certain obligations to apply Council Directives 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in respect of Avena strigosa Schreb., Brassica nigra (L.) Koch and Helianthus annuus L. (OJ L 173, 8.7.2010, p. 73).’.










Article 2
The texts of Directive 2010/46/EU and Decision 2010/377/EU 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 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2011, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 1 April 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 332, 16.12.2010, p. 49.

(2)  
            OJ L 169, 3.7.2010, p. 7.

(3)  
            OJ L 173, 8.7.2010, p. 73.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.