Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 64/2011 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, catalogue, crop production, market approval, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 64/2011
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 28/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2010/468/EU of 27 August 2010 providing for the temporary marketing of varieties of Avena strigosa Schreb. not included in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in the national catalogues of varieties of the Member States (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Decision 2010/680/EU of 9 November 2010 releasing Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom from the obligation to apply to certain species Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 1999/105/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, forest reproductive material, beet seed, vegetable seed and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Decision 2011/43/EU of 21 January 2011 amending Decision 2010/468/EU providing for the temporary marketing of varieties of Avena strigosa Schreb. not included in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in the national catalogues of varieties of the Member States (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


Decision 2010/680/EU repeals Commission Decisions 70/47/EEC (5), 73/188/EEC (6), 74/5/EEC (7), 74/358/EEC (8), 74/360/EEC (9), 74/361/EEC (10), 74/362/EEC (11), 74/491/EEC (12), 74/532/EEC (13), 75/752/EEC (14), 79/355/EEC (15), 86/153/EEC (16), 89/101/EEC (17), 90/209/EEC (18), 2005/325/EC (19), 2005/886/EC (20), 2008/462/EC (21), 2009/786/EC (22), 2010/198/EU (23) and 2010/377/EU (24) which are incorporated into the Agreement and are therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(6)


This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Part 2 of Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following shall be inserted after point 55 (Commission Directive 2009/145/EC):






‘56.



32010 D 0468: Commission Decision 2010/468/EU of 27 August 2010 providing for the temporary marketing of varieties of Avena strigosa Schreb. not included in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in the national catalogues of varieties of the Member States (OJ L 226, 28.8.2010, p. 46), as amended by:






—



32011 D 0043: Commission Decision 2011/43/EU of 21 January 2011 (OJ L 19, 22.1.2011, p. 19).’;


















(2)


under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the text of points 1 (Commission Decision 70/47/EEC), 3 (Commission Decision 73/188/EEC), 4 (Commission Decision 74/5/EEC), 6 (Commission Decision 74/358/EEC), 7 (Commission Decision 74/360/EEC), 8 (Commission Decision 74/361/EEC), 9 (Commission Decision 74/362/EEC), 12 (Commission Decision 74/491/EEC), 14 (Commission Decision 74/532/EEC), 17 (Commission Decision 75/752/EEC), 40 (Commission Decision 79/355/EEC), 59 (Commission Decision 86/153/EEC), 64 (Commission Decision 89/101/EEC), 68 (Commission Decision 90/209/EEC), 75 (Commission Decision 2005/325/EC), 76 (Commission Decision 2005/886/EC), 78 (Commission Decision 2008/462/EC), 79 (Commission Decision 2009/786/EC), 80 (Commission Decision 2010/198/EU) and 81 (Commission Decision 2010/377/EU) shall be deleted;










(3)


under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ the following point shall be inserted after point 81 (Commission Decision 2010/377/EU):






‘82.



32010 D 0680: Commission Decision 2010/680/EU of 9 November 2010 releasing Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom from the obligation to apply to certain species Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 1999/105/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, forest reproductive material, beet seed, vegetable seed and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively (OJ L 292, 10.11.2010, p. 57).’










Article 2
The texts of Decisions 2010/468/EU, 2010/680/EU and 2011/43/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 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 171, 30.6.2011, p. 27.

(2)  
            OJ L 226, 28.8.2010, p. 46.

(3)  
            OJ L 292, 10.11.2010, p. 57.

(4)  
            OJ L 19, 22.1.2011, p. 19.

(5)  
            OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 26.

(6)  
            OJ L 194, 16.7.1973, p. 16.

(7)  
            OJ L 12, 15.1.1974, p. 13.

(8)  
            OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 15.

(9)  
            OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 18.

(10)  
            OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 19.

(11)  
            OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 20.

(12)  
            OJ L 267, 3.10.1974, p. 18.

(13)  
            OJ L 299, 7.11.1974, p. 14.

(14)  
            OJ L 319, 10.12.1975, p. 12.

(15)  
            OJ L 84, 4.4.1979, p. 23.

(16)  
            OJ L 115, 3.5.1986, p. 26.

(17)  
            OJ L 38, 10.2.1989, p. 37.

(18)  
            OJ L 108, 28.4.1990, p. 104.

(19)  
            OJ L 109, 29.4.2005, p. 1.

(20)  
            OJ L 326, 13.12.2005, p. 39.

(21)  
            OJ L 160, 19.6.2008, p. 33.

(22)  
            OJ L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 5.

(23)  
            OJ L 87, 7.4.2010, p. 34.

(24)  
            OJ L 173, 8.7.2010, p. 73.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.