EN Official Journal of the European Union L 102/10

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 143/2004

of 29 October 2004

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 125/2004 of 24 September 2004 (1).

(2) Commission Directive 2004/43/EC of 13 April 2004 amending Directive 98/53/EC and Directive 2002/26/EC as regards sampling methods and methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of aflatoxin and ochratoxin A in food for infants and young children (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Directive 2004/44/EC of 13 April 2004 amending Directive 2002/69/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Directive 2004/45/EC of 16 April 2004 amending Directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Directive 2004/47/EC of 16 April 2004 amending Directive 95/45/EC as regards mixed carotenes (E 160 a (i)) and beta-carotene (E 160 a (ii)) (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2004/357/EC of 7 April 2004 amending Decision 1999/217/EC as regards the register of flavouring substances (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Directive 2004/46/EC of 16 April 2004 amending Directive 95/31/EC as regards E 955 sucralose and E 962 salt of aspartame-acesulfame (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(8) Commission Directive 2004/59/EC of 23 April 2004 amending Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards the maximum levels for bromopropylate residues fixed therein (8) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2004/43/EC, 2004/44/EC, 2004/45/EC, 2004/46/EC, 2004/47/EC and 2004/59/EC and Decision 2004/357/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 30 October 2004, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (9).

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, 29 October 2004. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Kjartan JÓHANNSSON

(1) OJ L 64, 10.3.2005, p. 47.

(2) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 14.

(3) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 17.

(4) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 19.

(5) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 24.

(6) OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 28.

(7) OJ L 114, 21.4.2004, p. 15.

(8) OJ L 120, 24.4.2004, p. 30.

(9) No constitutional requirements indicated.