30.11.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 333/17

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 105/2006

of 22 September 2006

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 42/2006 of 28 April 2006 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2005 of 9 February 2005 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in caprine animals (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1.

The following indent shall be added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:

‘—

32005 R 0214: Commission Regulation (EC) No 214/2005 of 9 February 2005 (OJ L 37, 10.2.2005, p. 9).’

2.

The following adaptation text shall be added in point 12 (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Part 7.1:

‘C.

 In Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 2 (b), the following shall be added in table A:

“Norway

5 000 ”’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 214/2005 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 23 September 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 22 September 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1)   OJ L 175, 29.6.2006, p. 86.

(2)   OJ L 37, 10.2.2005, p. 9.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.