Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 80/2002

of 25 June 2002

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 69/98 of 17 July 1998(1).

(2) 16 acts regarding seeds are to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The texts of Directives 95/6/EC(2), 96/18/EC(3), 96/72/EC(4), 1999/8/EC(5), 1999/54/EC(6), Decisions 94/650/EC(7), 95/232/EC(8), 97/125/EC(9), 97/363/EC(10), 98/173/EC(11), 98/174/EC(12), 98/320/EC(13), 99/84/EC(14), 99/416/EC(15), 2000/165/EC(16) and 2001/18/EC(17) in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, 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 26 June 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(18).

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, 25 June 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 158, 24.6.1999, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 67, 25.3.1995, p. 30.

(3) OJ L 76, 26.3.1996, p. 21.

(4) OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10.

(5) OJ L 50, 26.2.1999, p. 26.

(6) OJ L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 30.

(7) OJ L 252, 28.9.1994, p. 15.

(8) OJ L 154, 5.7.1995, p. 22.

(9) OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 35.

(10) OJ L 152, 11.6.1997, p. 33.

(11) OJ L 63, 4.3.1998, p. 30.

(12) OJ L 63, 4.3.1998, p. 31.

(13) OJ L 140, 12.5.1998, p. 14.

(14) OJ L 27, 2.2.1999, p. 31.

(15) OJ L 159, 25.6.1999, p. 53.

(16) OJ L 52, 25.2.2000, p. 41.

(17) OJ L 4, 9.1.2001, p. 36.

(18) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 80/2002

Chapter III of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified below.

1. The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 66/400/EEC) in Part 1:

- 396 L 0072: Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996 (OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10).

2. The following indents shall be added in point 2 (Council Directive 66/401/EEC) in Part 1:

- 396 L 0018: Commission Directive 96/18/EC of 19 March 1996 (OJ L 76, 26.3.1996, p. 21),

- 396 L 0072: Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996 (OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10).

3. The following indents shall be added in point 3 (Council Directive 66/402/EEC) in Part 1:

- 395 L 0006: Commission Directive 95/6/EC of 20 March 1995 (OJ L 67, 25.3.1995, p. 30),

- 396 L 0072: Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996 (OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10),

- 399 L 0008: Commission Directive 1999/8/EC of 18 February 1999 (OJ L 50, 26.2.1999, p. 26),

- 399 L 0054: Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May 1999 (OJ L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 30).

4. The following indents shall be added in point 4 (Council Directive 69/208/EEC) in Part 1:

- 396 L 0018: Commission Directive 96/18/EC of 19 March 1996 (OJ L 76, 26.3.1996, p. 21),

- 396 L 0072: Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996 (OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10).

5. The following indents shall be added in point 6 (Council Directive 70/458/EEC) in Part 1:

- 396 L 0018: Commission Directive 96/18/EC of 19 March 1996 (OJ L 76, 26.3.1996, p. 21),

- 396 L 0072: Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996 (OJ L 304, 27.11.1996, p. 10).

6. The following indent shall be added in point 5 (Commission Decision 87/309/EEC) in Part 2:

- 397 D 0125: Commission Decision 97/125/EC of 24 January 1997 (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 35).

7. The following shall be inserted after point 11 (Commission Decision 93/213/EEC) in Part 2:

12. 394 D 0650: Commission Decision 94/650/EC of 9 September 1994 on the organisation of a temporary experiment on the marketing of seed in bulk to the final consumer (OJ L 252, 28.9.1994, p. 15), as amended by:

- 398 D 0174: Commission Decision 98/174/EC of 17 February 1998 (OJ L 63, 4.3.1998, p. 31).

13. 395 D 0232: Commission Decision 95/232/EC of 27 June 1995 on the organisation of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 69/208/EEC in order to establish conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape (OJ L 154, 5.7.1995, p. 22), as amended by:

- 398 D 0173: Commission Decision 98/173/EC of 17 February 1998 (OJ L 63, 4.3.1998, p. 30),

- 399 D 0084: Commission Decision 1999/84/EC of 19 January 1999 (OJ L 27, 2.2.1999, p. 31),

- 32001 D 0018: Commission Decision 2001/18/EC of 21 December 2000 (OJ L 4, 9.1.2001, p. 36).

14. 397 D 0125: Commission Decision 97/125/EC of 24 January 1997 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of oil and fibre plants and amending Decision 87/309/EEC authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of certain fodder plant species (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 35).

15. 398 D 0320: Commission Decision 98/320/EC of 27 April 1998 on the organisation of a temporary experiment on seed sampling and seed testing pursuant to Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC (OJ L 140, 12.5.1998, p. 14).

16. 32000 D 0165: Commission Decision 2000/165/EC of 15 February 2000 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC and 69/208/EEC (OJ L 52, 25.2.2000, p. 41).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

The Decision shall not apply to seeds and propagating material covered by Directive 66/403/EEC.

8. The following points shall be inserted after point 71 (Commission Decision 93/208/EEC) under the heading "ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT":

72. 397 D 0363: Commission Decision 97/363/EC of 28 May 1997 amending certain decisions authorising France to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 152, 11.6.1997, p. 33).

73. 399 D 0416: Commission Decision 1999/416/EC of 9 June 1999 authorising the Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of seed of certain species not satisfying the requirements of Council Directives 66/401/EEC or 66/402/EEC (OJ L 159, 25.6.1999, p. 53).