12.6.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/4


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 2/2008

of 1 February 2008

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 153/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1).

(2)

Commission Decision 2007/321/EC of 2 May 2007 releasing the United Kingdom from certain obligations for the marketing of vegetable seed under Council Directive 2002/55/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ of Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement, the following point shall be inserted after point 76 (Commission Decision 2005/886/EC):

‘77.

32007 D 0321: Commission Decision 2007/321/EC of 2 May 2007 releasing the United Kingdom from certain obligations for the marketing of vegetable seed under Council Directive 2002/55/EC (OJ L 119, 9.5.2007, p. 48).’

Article 2

The text of Decision 2007/321/EC 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 2 February 2008, 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, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER


(1)  OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 13.

(2)  OJ L 119, 9.5.2007, p. 48.

(3)  No constitutional requirements indicated