DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 135/2013

of 15 July 2013

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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Commission Implementing Decision 2012/737/EU of 27 November 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 82/894/EEC on the notification of animal diseases within the Community (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Implementing Decision 2012/753/EU of 4 December 2012 amending Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards surveillance programmes for Finland and the United Kingdom and the disease-free status of Finland and the United Kingdom for certain aquatic animal diseases (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA 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 EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

(4)	Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1)

the following indent is added in point 10 (Council Directive 82/894/EEC) in Part 3.1:

‘—	32012 D 0737: Commission Implementing Decision 2012/737/EU of 27 November 2012 (OJ L 329, 29.11.2012, p. 19).’;

(2)

the following indent is added in point 89 (Commission Decision 2009/177/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘—	32012 D 0753: Commission Implementing Decision 2012/753/EU of 4 December 2012 (OJ L 334, 6.12.2012, p. 48).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions 2012/737/EU and 2012/753/EU 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 16 July 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 15 July 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 329, 29.11.2012, p. 19.

(2) OJ L 334, 6.12.2012, p. 48.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.