Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 154/1999

of 26 November 1999

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 adjusted 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 No 142/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 5 November 1999(1).

(2) Point 4(a) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement lays down the rules concerning the exchange of information between the Community and the EFTA States. There is also a need for a more rapid procedure for communicating the lists of establishments in the European Economic Area approved for the purpose of the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 9 (date of entry into force of the acts in Chapter I) in the introductory part of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

"10. Lists of establishments in the European Economic Area

- In addition to the procedure laid down in paragraph 4(a) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement, the EC Member States and EFTA States shall communicate directly to all other EC Member States and EFTA States the lists of establishments approved for the purposes of this Agreement."

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 27 November 1999, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 26 November 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 15, 18.1.2001, p. 34.