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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 93/2005 of 8 July 2005 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement


Published: 2005-07-08

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24.11.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 306/14


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 93/2005

of 8 July 2005

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 51/2005 of 29 April 2005 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 of 16 April 2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption (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

The following point shall be inserted after point 126 (Commission Decision 2005/91/EC) in Part 1.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘127.

32004 R 0745: Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 of 16 April 2004 laying down measures with regard to imports of products of animal origin for personal consumption (OJ L 122, 26.4.2004, p. 1).

The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purpose of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

The following shall be added in Article 2:

“—

Game meat and game meat products entering Norway from Svalbard, in so far as the amount or quantity does not exceed 5 kilograms per person.”

(b)

The words “European Union” on the notice in Annex II shall be replaced by the words “European Union and Norway”.

(c)

The word “Norway” in Article 1(4), in the footnote of the notice in Annex II and in the communication in Annex III shall be deleted.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 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 9 July 2005, 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, 8 July 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

HSH Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN


(1)  OJ L 239, 15.9.2005, p. 22.

(2)  OJ L 122, 26.4.2004, p. 1.

(3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.