Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2011 of 2 December 2011 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, Hungary, Ireland, United Kingdom, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, fish disease, revision of an agreement, third country, veterinary inspection




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 123/2011
of 2 December 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 112/2011 of 21 October 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2010/749/EU of 2 December 2010 amending Decision 2007/453/EC as regards the BSE status of India, Peru, Panama and South Korea (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Decision 2010/761/EU of 7 December 2010 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2010/221/EU as regards approved national measures by Hungary and the United Kingdom for spring viraemia of carp (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Decision 2011/187/EU of 24 March 2011 amending Decision 2010/221/EU as regards the approval of national measures for preventing the introduction of ostreid herpesvirus 1 μνar (OsHV-1 μνar) into certain areas of Ireland and the United Kingdom (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


This Decision shall apply to Iceland with the transitional period specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I for the areas which did not apply to Iceland prior to the review of this Chapter by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 133/2007 of 26 October 2007 (5).












(6)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters. Legislation concerning veterinary matters shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the sectoral adaptations to Annex I. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


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

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32010 D 0761: Commission Decision 2010/761/EU of 7 December 2010 (OJ L 322, 8.12.2010, p. 47),










—



32011 D 0187: Commission Decision 2011/187/EU of 24 March 2011 (OJ L 80, 26.3.2011, p. 15).’;














(2)


the following indent shall be added in point 49 (Commission Decision 2007/453/EC) in Part 7.2:






‘—



32010 D 0749: Commission Decision 2010/749/EU of 2 December 2010 (OJ L 318, 4.12.2010, p. 47).’.










Article 2
The texts of Decisions 2010/749/EU, 2010/761/EU and 2011/187/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 3 December 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, 2 December 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 341, 22.12.2011, p. 72.

(2)  
            OJ L 318, 4.12.2010, p. 47.

(3)  
            OJ L 322, 8.12.2010, p. 47.

(4)  
            OJ L 80, 26.3.2011, p. 15.

(5)  
            OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 27.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.