Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 26/2003 of 14 March 2003 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2003-03-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, animal disease, animal plague, health control, swine, vaccination, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

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Official Journal of the European Union

5.6.2003

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 26/2003

of 14 March 2003

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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 157/2002 of
6 December 2002 (1).

Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of
classical swine fever (2), as corrected by OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 59, is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/106/EC of 1 February 2002 approving a Diagnostic Manual
establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory
tests for the confirmation of classical swine fever (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/161/EC of 22 February 2002 approving the plans submitted by
Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Saarland and the emergency
vaccination against classical swine fever in feral pigs in Rhineland-Pfalz and Saarland (4) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/181/EC of 28 February 2002 approving the plan presented by
Luxembourg for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of
Luxembourg (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/182/EC of 28 February 2002 approving the amended plan presented
by Austria for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Lower Austria (6) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/526/EC of 28 June 2002 repealing Decision 94/141/EC approving the
plan presented by France for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the northern
Vosges (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 38, 13.2.2003, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 71.
(4) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 43.
(5) OJ L 61, 2.3.2002, p. 54.
(6) OJ L 61, 2.3.2002, p. 55.
(7) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 85.

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(8)

(9)

Commission Decision 2002/531/EC of 28 June 2002 amending Decision 2002/161/EC to approve
the plans submitted by Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever and the emergency
vaccination of feral pigs in North Rhine-Westfalia (8) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Directive 2001/89/EC repeals Directive 80/217/EEC (9), which is incorporated into the Agreement
and which is consequently to be deleted from the Agreement.

(10) Decision 2002/182/EC repeals Decision 2001/140/EC (10), which is incorporated into the

Agreement and which is consequently to be deleted from the Agreement.

(11) This Decision is not to apply to Iceland and Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2001/89/EC, as corrected by OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 59, and of Decisions 2002/
106/EC, 2002/161/EC, 2002/181/EC, 2002/182/EC, 2002/526/EC and 2002/531/EC in the Norwegian
language, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be
authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 15 March 2003, 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, 14 March 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND

(8) OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 63.
(9) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 11.
(10) OJ L 50, 21.2.2001, p. 22.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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ANNEX TO DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 26/2003

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

1.

The text of point 3 (Council Directive 80/217/EEC) in Part 3.1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘32001 L 0089: Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control
of classical swine fever (OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5), as corrected by OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 59.

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

In point 1 of Annex III, the following shall be added:

“Norway

Veterinærinstituttet, PO Box 8156, 0033 Oslo, Norway.”’

2.

The following point shall be inserted after point 22 (Commission Decision 2001/783/EC) in Part 3.2:

‘23. 32002 D 0106: Commission Decision 2002/106/EC of 1 February 2002 approving a Diagnostic Manual
establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the laboratory tests
for the confirmation of classical swine fever (OJ L 39, 9.2.2002, p. 71).’

Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’, the text of points 2 (Commission Decision 94/141/EC) and 13 (Commission
Decision 2001/140/EC) in Part 3.2 shall be deleted.

Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’, the following points shall be inserted after point 14 (Commission Decision
2001/872/EC) in Part 3.2:

3.

4.

‘15. 32002 D 0161: Commission Decision 2002/161/EC of 22 February 2002 approving the plans submitted
by Germany for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Saarland and the emergency
vaccination against classical swine fever in feral pigs in Rhineland-Pfalz and Saarland (OJ L 53, 23.2.2002,
p. 43), as amended by:

— 32002 D 0531: Commission Decision 2002/531/EC of 28 June 2002 (OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 63).

16. 32002 D 0181: Commission Decision 2002/181/EC of 28 February 2002 approving the plan presented
by Luxembourg for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Luxembourg
(OJ L 61, 2.3.2002, p. 54).

17. 32002 D 0182: Commission Decision 2002/182/EC of 28 February 2002 approving the amended plan
presented by Austria for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in Lower Austria (OJ L 61,
2.3.2002, p. 55).

18. 32002 D 0526: Commission Decision 2002/526/EC of 28 June 2002 repealing Decision 94/141/EC
approving the plan presented by France for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the
northern Vosges (OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 85).’