22001D0149

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 149/2001

of 11 December 2001

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 No 131/2001 of the EEA Joint Committee of 23 November 2001(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2000/678/EC of 23 October 2000 laying down detailed rules for registration of holdings in national databases for porcine animals as foreseen by Council Directive 64/432/EEC(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2000/694/EC of 27 October 2000 amending for the third time Decisions 1999/466/EC and 1999/467/EC establishing respectively the officially brucellosis-free and tuberculosis-free status of bovine herds of certain Member States or regions of Member States(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent shall be added in points 45 (Commission Decision 1999/467/EC) and 46 (Commission Decision 1999/466/EC):

"- 32000 D 0694: Commission Decision 2000/694/EC of 27 October 2000 (OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 41).";

2. The following point shall be inserted after point 56 (Commission Decision 2000/504/EC):

"57. 32000 D 0678: Commission Decision 2000/678/EC of 23 October 2000 laying down detailed rules for registration of holdings in national databases for porcine animals as foreseen by Council Directive 64/432/EEC (OJ L 281, 7.11.2000, p. 16)."

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2000/678/EC and 2000/694/EC in the Norwegian language, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2001, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

B. Grydeland

(1) OJ L 22, 24.1.2002, p. 15.

(2) OJ L 281, 7.11.2000, p. 16.

(3) OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 41.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.