Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 145/2001

of 11 December 2001

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 No 131/2001 of the EEA Joint Committee of 23 November 2001(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2000/629/EC of 9 October 2000 approving the plan presented by France for the monitoring and control of salmonella in fowl(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 38 (Commission Decision 2000/60/EC) in Part 7.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement under the heading "ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT":

"39. 32000 D 0629: Commission Decision 2000/629/EC of 9 October 2000 approving the plan presented by France for the monitoring and control of salmonella in fowl (OJ L 265, 19.10.2000, p. 29)."

Article 2

The text of Decision 2000/629/EC in the Norwegian language, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2001, 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 Communities.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

B. Grydeland

(1) OJ L 22, 24.1.2002, p. 15.

(2) OJ L 265, 19.10.2000, p. 29.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.