Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 97/2004 of 9 July 2004 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-07-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Egypt, accession to the European Union, agricultural product, groundnut, import, labelling, organic farming, originating product

23.12.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 97/2004

of 9 July 2004

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification)
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 II to the Agreement was amended by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in
Luxemburg (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2003/580/EC of 4 August 2003 amending Decision 2000/49/EC repealing
Decision 1999/356/EC and imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain
products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt (2) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2277/2003 of 22 December 2003 amending Annexes I and II to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and
indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (3) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The following indent shall be added in point 54b (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91):

‘— 32003 R 2277: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2277/2003 of 22 December 2003 (OJ L 336,

23.12.2003, p. 68).’

2.

The following shall be added in point 54ze (Commission Decision 2000/49/EC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32003 D 0580: Commission Decision 2003/580/EC of 4 August 2003 (OJ L 197, 5.8.2003,

p. 31).

(1) OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 197, 5.8.2003, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p. 68.

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The provisions of the Decision, shall for the purpose of the present Agreement, be read with the
following adaptations:

The following shall be added in Annex II:

Member State

Point of entry

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Reykjavík (port, airport), Akranes (port), Ísafjörður
(port, airport), Sauðárkrókur (port, airport),
Siglufjörður (harbour, airport), Akureyri (port,
airport), Húsavík (port, airport), Seyðisfjörður (port,
airport), Neskaupstaður (port, airport), Eskifjörður
(port, airport), Vestmannaeyjar (port, airport),
Keflavík (port, airport), Hafnarfjörður (port),
Egilsstaðir (airport), Höfn í Hornafirði (port, airport),
Þorlákshöfn (port), Borgarnes (port, airport),
Stykkishólmur (port, airport), Búðardalur (port,
airport), Patreksfjörður (port, airport), Bolungavík
(port, airport), Hólmavík (port, airport), Blönduós
(port, airport), Ólafsfjörður (port, airport), Vík í
Mýrdal (port, airport), Hvolsvöllur (port, airport),
Selfoss (port, airport), Kópavogur (port, airport)

Schaanwald border station

Oslo’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2277/2003 and Decision 2003/580/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian
languages, 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.