DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 62/2011

of 1 July 2011

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 115/2010 of 10 November 2010(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2010/684/EU of 10 November 2010 amending Part 1 of Annex E to Council Directive 92/65/EEC as regards the model health certificate for animals from holdings(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2010/695/EU of 17 November 2010 amending the Annexes to Decision 93/52/EEC as regards the recognition of Estonia, Latvia and the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands in Spain as officially free of brucellosis (

B. melitensis

) and amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/467/EC as regards the declaration of Estonia as officially tuberculosis-free and officially brucellosis-free as regards bovine herds(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) the following indent shall be added in point 9 (Council Directive 92/65/EEC) in Part 4.1 and point 15 (Council Directive 92/65/EEC) in Part 8.1:

‘—

32010 D 0684

: Commission Decision 2010/684/EU of 10 November 2010 (

OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 62

.’;

(2) the following indent shall be added in points 14 (Commission Decision 93/52/EEC) and 70 (Commission Decision 2003/467/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘—

32010 D 0695

: Commission Decision 2010/695/EU of 17 November 2010 (

OJ L 303, 19.11.2010, p. 14

).’.

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2010/684/EU and 2010/695/EU 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 2 July 2011, provided that all the notifications pursuant to 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 Union

Done at Brussels, 1 July 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

(1)

OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 69

(2)

OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 62

(3)

OJ L 303, 19.11.2010, p. 14

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.