CELEX: 22012D0076
Language: en
Date: 2012-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2012 of 30 April 2012 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

13.9.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 248/6
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
   No 76/2012
   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 35/2012 of 30 March 2012 (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1223/2011 of 28 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005 as regards sampling of flocks of origin of eggs and the microbiological examination of such samples and samples of certain meat intended for Finland and Sweden (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               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
   The following shall be added in point 51 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:
   ‘as amended by:
   
               —
            
            
               
                  32011 R 1223: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1223/2011 of 28 November 2011 (OJ L 314, 29.11.2011, p. 12).’
            
         Article 2
   The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1223/2011 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 (3).
   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. 2.
   
      (2)  OJ L 314, 29.11.2011, p. 12.
   
      (3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.