Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 75/2012 of 30 April 2012 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, game meat, hunting, protection of animals, revision of an agreement, slaughter of animals




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13.9.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 75/2012
of 30 April 2012
         
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 34/2012 of 30 March 2012 (1).












(2)


Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 150/2011 of 18 February 2011 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards farmed and wild game and farmed and wild game meat (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 151/2011 of 18 February 2011 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards farmed game (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 repeals Council Directive 93/119/EC (5) which is incorporated in the Agreement and which is consequently to be fully repealed under the Agreement with effect from 8 December 2019.












(6)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters. Legislation regarding 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 to the Agreement. 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 words ‘as amended by’ shall be replaced with the words ‘as amended and repealed by’ in point 2 (Council Directive 93/119/EC) in Part 9.1;










(2)


the following indent shall be added in point 2 (Council Directive 93/119/EC) in Part 9.1:






‘—



32009 R 1099: Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 (OJ L 303, 18.11.2009. p. 1).’;














(3)


the text of point 2 (Council Directive 93/119/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 8 December 2019;










(4)


the following point shall be inserted after point 2 (Council Directive 93/119/EC) in Part 9.1:






‘2a.



32009 R 1099: Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (OJ L 303, 18.11.2009, p. 1).’;














(5)


the following indent shall be added in point 17 (Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 6.1:






‘—



32011 R 0150: Commission Regulation (EU) No 150/2011 of 18 February 2011 (OJ L 46, 19.2.2011, p. 14).’;














(6)


the following indent shall be added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 1.1:






‘—



32011 R 0151: Commission Regulation (EU) No 151/2011 of 18 February 2011 (OJ L 46, 19.2.2011, p. 17).’.










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1099/2009, (EU) No 150/2011 and (EU) No 151/2011 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 2012, 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, 30 April 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 207, 2.8.2012, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 303, 18.11.2009, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 46, 19.2.2011, p. 14.

(4)  
            OJ L 46, 19.2.2011, p. 17.

(5)  
            OJ L 340, 31.12.1993, p. 21.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.