Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 63/2011 of 1 July 2011 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-07-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, health control, rabies, revision of an agreement, sheep, vaccination




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 63/2011
of 1 July 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 115/2010 of 10 November 2010 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010 of 7 December 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007 as regards the period of application of the transitional measures concerning the conditions for exempting certain animals from the exit ban provided for in Council Directive 2000/75/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Decision 2010/591/EU of 1 October 2010 authorising a laboratory in Russia to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Decision 2011/91/EU of 10 February 2011 authorising a laboratory in the Republic of Korea to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the following indent shall be added in point 40 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1266/2007) in Part 3.2:






‘—



32010 R 1142: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010 of 7 December 2010 (OJ L 322, 8.12.2010, p. 20).’;














(2)


the following points shall be inserted after point 94 (Commission Decision 2010/221/EU) in Part 4.2:






‘95.



32010 D 0591: Commission Decision 2010/591/EU of 1 October 2010 authorising a laboratory in Russia to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (OJ L 260, 2.10.2010, p. 21).
This act shall not apply to Iceland.










96.



32011 D 0091: Commission Decision 2011/91/EU of 10 February 2011 authorising a laboratory in the Republic of Korea to carry out serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines (OJ L 37, 11.2.2011, p. 18).
This act shall not apply to Iceland.’.










Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 1142/2010 and Decisions 2010/591/EU and 2011/91/EU in the Norwegian language, 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 2 July 2011, provided that all the notifications pursuant to 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 July 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 69.

(2)  
            OJ L 322, 8.12.2010, p. 20.

(3)  
            OJ L 260, 2.10.2010, p. 21.

(4)  
            OJ L 37, 11.2.2011, p. 18.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.