DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 2/2010

of 29 January 2010

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 122/2009 of 4 December 2009 (1).

(2)	Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 127/2009 of 4 December 2009 (2).

(3)	Commission Regulation (EC) No 124/2009 of 10 February 2009 setting maximum levels for the presence of coccidiostats or histomonostats in food resulting from the unavoidable carry-over of these substances in non-target feed (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4)	Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 repeals Commission Directives 71/250/EEC (5), 71/393/EEC (6), 72/199/EEC (7), 73/46/EEC (8), 76/371/EEC (9), 76/372/EEC (10), 78/633/EEC (11), 81/715/EEC (12), 84/425/EEC (13), 86/174/EEC (14), 93/70/EEC (15), 93/117/EC (16), 98/64/EC (17), 1999/27/EC (18), 1999/76/EC (19), 2000/45/EC (20), 2002/70/EC (21) and 2003/126/EC (22) which have been incorporated into the Agreement and are therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.

(6)	This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

the texts of points 1zc (Commission Directive 2002/70/EC), 13 (Commission Directive 86/174/EEC), 19 (First Commission Directive 71/250/EEC), 20 (Second Commission Directive 71/393/EEC), 21 (Third Commission Directive 72/199/EEC), 22 (Fourth Commission Directive 73/46/EEC), 25 (First Commission Directive 76/371/EEC), 26 (Seventh Commission Directive 76/372/EEC), 27 (Eighth Commission Directive 78/633/EEC), 28 (Ninth Commission Directive 81/715/EEC), 29 (Tenth Commission Directive 84/425/EEC), 30 (Eleventh Commission Directive 93/70/EEC), 31 (Twelfth Commission Directive 93/117/EC), 31c (Commission Directive 98/64/EC), 31f (Commission Directive 1999/27/EC), 31g (Commission Directive 1999/76/EC), 31h (Commission Directive 2000/45/EC) and 31i (Commission Directive 2003/126/EC) shall be deleted;

the following point shall be inserted after point 1zzzzza (Commission Regulation (EC) No 403/2009):

‘1zzzzzb.

32009 R 0124: Commission Regulation (EC) No 124/2009 of 10 February 2009 setting maximum levels for the presence of coccidiostats or histomonostats in food resulting from the unavoidable carry-over of these substances in non-target feed (OJ L 40, 11.2.2009, p. 7).’;

the following point shall be inserted after point 31n (Commission Decision 2007/363/EC):

‘31o.

32009 R 0152: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1).’

Article 2

The following point shall be inserted after point 54zzzzb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘54zzzzc.

Article 3

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 124/2009 and (EC) No 152/2009 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 30 January 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

Article 5

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, 29 January 2010.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 62, 11.3.2010, p. 5.

(2) OJ L 62, 11.3.2010, p. 14.

(3) OJ L 40, 11.2.2009, p. 7.

(4) OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 155, 12.7.1971, p. 13.

(6) OJ L 279, 20.12.1971, p. 7.