Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 136/2013 of 15 July 2013 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-07-15
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, France, Germany, Slovakia, animal plague, revision of an agreement, swine, vaccination, veterinary inspection, wild mammal




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 136/2013
of 15 July 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 Decision 2013/164/EU of 27 March 2013 repealing Decisions 2003/135/EC, 2004/832/EC and 2005/59/EC approving plans for the eradication of classical swine fever and the emergency vaccination of feral pigs in Germany, France and Slovakia (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Implementing Decision 2013/164/EU repeals Commission Decisions 2003/135/EC (2), 2004/832/EC (3) and 2005/59/EC (4), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland.












(4)


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 EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(5)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ in Part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement, the text of points 20 (Commission Decision 2003/135/EC), 28 (Commission Decision 2004/832/EC) and 29 (Commission Decision 2005/59/EC) is deleted.


Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision 2013/164/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 16 July 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, 15 July 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Thórir IBSEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 91, 3.4.2013, p. 10.

(2)  
            OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 47.

(3)  
            OJ L 359, 4.12.2004, p. 62.

(4)  
            OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 46.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.