Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: administrative procedure, agricultural product nomenclature, crop production, genetically modified organism, industrial property, marketing, plant health control, plant propagation, seed, trade-mark law

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 158/2002

of 6 December 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 (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2002 of
27 September 2002 (1).

Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 amending, in respect of the consolidation of the
internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives
66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on
the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants
and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (2), as
corrected by OJ L 126, 20.5.1999, p. 23, OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 47 and OJ L 82, 26.3.2002, p.
20, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998 amending, inter alia, as regards unofficial field
inspections under Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC,
70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed
potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties
of agricultural plant species (3), as corrected by OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 48, is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 930/2000 of 4 May 2000 establishing implementing rules as to
the suitability of
the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable
species (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1.

In Part 1, the following indents shall be added in points 1 (Council Directive 66/400/EEC), 2 (Council
Directive 66/401/EEC), 3 (Council Directive 66/402/EEC) and 4 (Council Directive 69/208/EEC):

(1) OJ L 336, 12.12.2002, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 108, 5.5.2000, p. 3.

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(cid:145)(cid:151) 398 L 0095: Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 (OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 1), as
corrected by OJ L 126, 20.5.1999, p. 23, OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 47 and OJ L 82, 26.3.2002,
p. 20,

(cid:151) 398 L 0096: Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998 (OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27), as

corrected by OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 48.(cid:146)

2.

In Part 1, the following shall be added before the adaptation text in point 5 (Council Directive
70/457/EEC):

(cid:145)(cid:151) 398 L 0095: Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 (OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 1), as
corrected by OJ L 126, 20.5.1999, p. 23, OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 47 and OJ L 82, 26.3.2002,
p. 20,

(cid:151) 398 L 0096: Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998 (OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27), as

corrected by OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 48.

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

References to other acts in the Directive shall be considered relevant to the extent and in the form
that those acts are incorporated into the Agreement.(cid:146)

3.

In Part 1, the following shall be added in point 6 (Council Directive 70/458/EEC):

(cid:145)(cid:151) 398 L 0095: Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 (OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 1), as
corrected by OJ L 126, 20.5.1999, p. 23, OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 47 and OJ L 82, 26.3.2002, p.
20,

(cid:151) 398 L 0096: Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998 (OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27), as

corrected by OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 48.

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

References to other acts in the Directive shall be considered relevant to the extent and in the form
that those acts are incorporated into the Agreement.(cid:146)

4.

In Part 2, the following point shall be inserted after point 17 (Commission Decision 2002/98/EC):

(cid:145)18. 32000 R 0930: Commission Regulation (EC) No 930/2000 of 4 May 2000 establishing
implementing rules as to the suitability of the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant
species and vegetable species (OJ L 108, 5.5.2000, p. 3).

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

References to other acts in the Regulation shall be considered relevant to the extent and in the
form that those acts are incorporated into the Agreement.(cid:146)

Article 2

The texts of Directive 98/95/EC, as corrected by OJ L 126, 20.5.1999, p. 23, OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 47
and OJ L 82, 26.3.2002, p. 20, and Directive 98/96/EC, as corrected by OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 48, and
Regulation (EC) No 930/2000 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 7 December 2002 provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan J(cid:211)HANNSSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.