Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 107/2013 of 14 June 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-06-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, fodder plant, marketing standard, quality control of agricultural products, revision of an agreement, seed, sorghum




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 107/2013
of 14 June 2013
         
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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012 amending certain Annexes of Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of Galega orientalis Lam., the maximum weight of a seed lot of certain fodder plant species and the sample size of Sorghum spp. (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Directive 2012/44/EU of 26 November 2012 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 EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding phytosanitary matters. Legislation regarding phytosanitary 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 EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(4)


Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the following indent is added in points 2 (Council Directive 66/401/EEC) and 3 (Council Directive 66/402/EEC):






‘—



32012 L 0037: Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012 (OJ L 325, 23.11.2012, p. 13).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in points 14 (Commission Directive 2003/90/EC) and 15 (Commission Directive 2003/91/EC):






‘—



32012 L 0044: Commission Implementing Directive 2012/44/EU of 26 November 2012 (OJ L 327, 27.11.2012, p. 37).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Directives 2012/37/EU and 2012/44/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 15 June 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 14 June 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 325, 23.11.2012, p. 13.

(2)  
            OJ L 327, 27.11.2012, p. 37.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.