CELEX: 22006D0013
Language: en
Date: 2005-12-08 00:00:00
Title: 2006/13/EC: Decision No 2/2005 of the EC-Faroe Islands Joint Committee of  8 December 2005  amending Decision No 1/2001 laying down provisions to implement the Protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part

13.1.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 8/46
            
         
      DECISION No 2/2005 OF THE EC-FAROE ISLANDS JOINT COMMITTEE
   
   of 8 December 2005
   amending Decision No 1/2001 laying down provisions to implement the Protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part
   (2006/13/EC)
   THE EC-FAROE ISLANDS JOINT COMMITTEE,
   Having regard to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part,
   Having regard to the Protocol on veterinary matters supplementing the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 2, first subparagraph, thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               At the meeting in Brussels on 24 August 2004, of the veterinary subgroup of the EC-Faroe Islands Joint Committee, the Faroe Islands presented their contingency plan for fish diseases and their withdrawal scheme for fish infected with infectious salmon anaemia, Community experts considered both documents to be in conformity with Community rules and therefore acceptable.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The veterinary subgroup also recommended the inclusion of the Faroe Islands in the EC Animal Disease Notification System.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The veterinary subgroup therefore recommended that Decision No 1/2001 of the EC-Faroe Islands Joint Committee (2) be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Decision No 1/2001 of the EC-Faroe Islands Joint Committee is hereby amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               in Article 7, a new paragraph shall be added as follows:
               ‘3.   The Faroe Islands shall implement Council Directive 82/894/EEC (3) and they shall take part in the Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS). The practical arrangements for the participation of the Faroe Islands shall be settled between Commission and Faroe Islands officials.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               in Article 11(1), the third subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
               ‘The Faroe Islands have submitted to the veterinary sub-group a contingency plan in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 93/53/EEC. The contingency plan includes a withdrawal scheme in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 93/53/EEC. The contingency plan and withdrawal scheme submitted in September 2004 are approved with the procedures for vaccination laid down in that plan. Later updates of the plan shall be submitted for approval to the Commission after notification to the Member States within the Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health’;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               in Article 11, paragraph 2 shall be deleted.
            
         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following of its adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 8 December 2005.
      
         
            For the Joint Committee
         
         
            The President
         
         Pierre FAUCHERAND
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 305, 30.11.1999, p. 26.
   
      (2)  OJ L 46, 16.2.2001, p. 24.
   
      (3)  OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 58.’;