Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 93/2004 of 9 July 2004 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-07-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: animal disease, health control, intra-EU trade, transport of animals, veterinary inspection

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 93/2004

of 9 July 2004

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 69/2004 of

8 June 2004 (1)

(2) Council Directive 2003/43/EC of 26 May 2003 amending Directive 88/407/EEC laying down the
animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of
domestic animals of the bovine species (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official

tuberculosis,
brucellosis, and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of
Member States as regards bovine herds (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Council Directive 2003/50/EC of 11 June 2003 amending Directive 91/68/EEC as regards
reinforcement of controls on movements of ovine and caprine animals (4) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2003/575/EC of 1 August 2003 amending Decision 2001/618/EC to include
certain departments of France and a Province in Italy in the lists of Member States and regions free of
Aujeszky's disease and regions where approved Aujeszky's disease eradication programmes are in
place (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1398/2003 of 5 August 2003 amending Annex A to Council
Directive 92/65/EEC to include the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), the Tropilaelaps mite
(Tropilaelaps spp.), Ebola and monkey pox (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Decision 2003/644/EC of 8 September 2003 establishing additional guarantees
regarding salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of breeding poultry and day-old
chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry (7) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 143, 11.6.2003, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74.
(4) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 51.
(5) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 41.
(6) OJ L 198, 6.8.2003, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 228, 12.9.2003, p. 29.

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(8) Commission Decision 2003/708/EC of 7 October 2003 amending Annex E to Council Directive 91/
68/EEC and Annexes I and II to Decision 93/198/EEC as regards the updating of the model health
certificates relating to ovine and caprine animals (1) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(9) Commission Decision 2003/732/EC of 10 October 2003 amending Decision 93/52/EEC as regards
the recognition of certain Italian provinces as officially free of brucellosis (2) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

(10) Decision 2003/644/EC repeals Commission Decision 95/160/EC (3), which is incorporated into the

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

(11) Decision 2003/467/EC repeals Commission Decisions 1999/465/EC (4), 1999/466/EC (5) and 1999/
467/EC (6), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be deleted
from the Agreement.

(12) 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 Directives 2003/43/EC and 2003/50/EC, Regulation (EC) No 1398/2003 and Decisions
2003/467/EC, 2003/575/EC, 2003/644/EC, 2003/708/EC and 2003/732/EC in the Norwegian language,
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 10 July 2004, provided that all the notifications under Article 103
(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

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, 9 July 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan JÓHANNSSON

(1) OJ L 258, 10.10.2003, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 105, 9.5.1995, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 32.
(5) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 34.
(6) OJ L 181, 16.7.1999, p. 36.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 93/2004

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

1.

The following indents shall be added in point 2 (Council Directive 91/68/EEC) in Part 4.1:

‘— 32003 L 0050: Council Directive 2003/50/EC of 11 June 2003 (OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 51),

— 32003 D 0708: Commission Decision 2003/708/EC of 7 October 2003 (OJ L 258, 10.10.2003, p. 11).’

2.

The adaptation text in point 2 (Council Directive 91/68/EEC) in Part 4.1 shall be amended as follows:

2.1. The following new adaptation shall be inserted before present adaptation (a):

‘(a)

in Article 2 (b), paragraph 14 the following shall be added:

— Norway: Fylke’

2.2. Present adaptations (a), (b) and (c) shall become adaptations (b), (c) and (d), respectively.

3.

The following indent shall be added in point 7 (Council Directive 88/407/EEC) in Part 4.1:

‘— 32003 L 0043: Council Directive 2003/43/EC of 26 May 2003 (OJ L 143, 11.6.2003, p. 23).’

4.

The following indent shall be added in point 9 (Council Directive 92/65/EEC) in Part 4.1:

‘— 32003 R 1398: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1398/2003 of 5 August 2003 (OJ L 198, 6.8.2003,

p. 3).’

5.

The following indent shall be added in point 14 (Commission Decision 93/52/EEC) in Part 4.2:

‘— 32003 D 0732: Commission Decision 2003/732/EC of 10 October 2003 (OJ L 264, 15.10.2003, p. 30).’

6.

The following indent shall be added in point 64 (Commission Decision 2001/618/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘— 32003 D 0575: Commission Decision 2003/575/EC of 1 August 2003 (OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 41).’

7.

The following points shall be inserted after point 69 (Commission Decision 2004/205/EC) in Part 4.2:

‘70. 32003 D 0467: Commission Decision 2003/467/EC of 23 June 2003 establishing the official
tuberculosis, brucellosis, and enzootic-bovine-leukosis-free status of certain Member States and regions of
Member States as regards bovine herds (OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 74).

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71. 32003 D 0644: Commission Decision 2003/644/EC of 8 September 2003 establishing additional
guarantees regarding salmonella for consignments to Finland and Sweden of breeding poultry and day-old
chicks for introduction into flocks of breeding poultry or flocks of productive poultry (OJ L 228,
12.9.2003, p. 29).

The provisions of this Decision shall, for the purpose of the Agreement, be read with the following
adaptation:

The provisions of this Decision shall apply to consignments to Norway.’

8.

The text of points 31 (Commission Decision 95/160/EC), 45 (Commission Decision 1999/467/EC), 46
(Commission Decision 1999/466/EC) and 60 (Commission Decision 1999/465/EC) in Part 4.2 shall be deleted.