Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 92/2004 of 9 July 2004 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-07-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, animal plague, medical diagnosis, swine, vaccination, wildlife

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 92/2004

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) Commission Decision 2003/362/EC of 14 May 2003 repealing Decision 98/399/EC approving the
plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the province of Varese, Italy (2) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2003/363/EC of 14 May 2003 approving the plan for the eradication of
classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Belgium (3) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2003/422/EC of 26 May 2003 approving an African swine fever diagnostic

manual (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2003/435/EC of 16 June 2003 repealing Decision 2002/182/EC approving
the amended plan presented by Austria for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in
Lower Austria (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2003/436/EC of 16 June 2003 amending Decision 2002/975/EC on
introducing vaccination to supplement the measures to control infections with low pathogenic avian
influenza in Italy and on specific movement control measures (6) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

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

(1) OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 143, 11.6.2003, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 149, 17.6.2003, p. 32.
(6) OJ L 149, 17.6.2003, p. 33.

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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 Decisions 2003/362/EC, 2003/363/EC, 2003/422/EC, 2003/435/EC and 2003/436/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

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 92/2004

Part 3.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as specified below:

1.

The following shall be added in point 26 (Commission Decision 2002/975/EC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32003 D 0436: Commission Decision 2003/436/EC of 16 June 2003 (OJ L 149, 17.6.2003, p. 33).’

2.

The following point shall be inserted after point 27 (Commission Decision 2003/218/EC):

‘28. 32003 D 0422: Commission Decision 2003/422/EC of 26 May 2003 approving an African swine fever

diagnostic manual (OJ L 143, 11.6.2003, p. 35).’

3.

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 21 (Commission Decision
2003/136/EC):

‘22. 32003 D 0362: Commission Decision 2003/362/EC of 14 May 2003 repealing Decision 98/399/EC
approving the plan for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in the province of Varese, Italy
(OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 42).

23. 32003 D 0363: Commission Decision 2003/363/EC of 14 May 2003 approving the plan for the
eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs in certain areas of Belgium (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 43).

24. 32003 D 0435: Commission Decision 2003/435/EC of 16 June 2003 repealing Decision 2002/182/EC
approving the amended plan presented by Austria for the eradication of classical swine fever in feral pigs
in Lower Austria (OJ L 149, 17.6.2003, p. 32).’

4.

Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE EFTA STATES AND THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY
SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’, the text of points 7 (Commission Decision 98/399/EC) and 17 (Commission
Decision 2002/182/EC) shall be deleted.