EN Official Journal of the European Union L 133/9

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 165/2004

of 3 December 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 148/2004 of 29 October 2004 (1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include paraquat as an active substance (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include mesosulfuron, propoxycarbazone and zoxamide as active substances (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following shall be added in point 12o (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000): ‘, as amended by: — 32003 R 2032: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 of 4 November 2003 (OJ L 307, 24.11.2003, p. 1).’;

2. the following indents shall be added in point 12a (Council Directive 91/414/EEC): ‘— 32003 L 0112: Commission Directive 2003/112/EC of 1 December 2003 (OJ L 321, 6.12.2003, p. 32), — 32003 L 0119: Commission Directive 2003/119/EC of 5 December 2003 (OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 41).’;

3. the following point shall be inserted after point 12r (Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘12s. 32003 R 2032: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1896/2000 (OJ L 307, 24.11.2003, p. 1).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2032/2003 and Directives 2003/112/EC and 2003/119/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 4 December 2004, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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, 3 December 2004. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Kjartan JÓHANNSSON

(1) OJ L 102, 21.4.2005, p. 21.

(2) OJ L 307, 24.11.2003, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 321, 6.12.2003, p. 32.

(4) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 41.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.