28.5.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 130/11


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 23/2009

of 17 March 2009

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 2/2009 of 5 February 2009 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 393/2008 of 30 April 2008 concerning the authorisation of astaxanthin dimethyldisuccinate as a feed additive (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

This Decision shall not apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be added after point 1zzzzn (Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2008) in Chapter II of Annex I to the Agreement:

‘1zzzzo.

32008 R 0393: Commission Regulation (EC) No 393/2008 of 30 April 2008 concerning the authorisation of astaxanthin dimethyldisuccinate as a feed additive (OJ L 117, 1.5.2008, p. 20).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 393/2008 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 18 March 2009, 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, 17 March 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER


(1)  OJ L 73, 19.3.2009, p. 32.

(2)  OJ L 117, 1.5.2008, p. 20.

(3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.