Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 119/2004 of 24 September 2004 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-09-24
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU control, Norway, animal disease, animal plague, disease prevention, sheep, swine, transport of animals, veterinary legislation

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 119/2004

of 24 September 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 95/2004 of

9 July 2004 (1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/2003 of 24 October 2003 approving the national scrapie
control programmes of certain Member States, and defining additional guarantees, and granting
derogations concerning breeding programmes for TSE resistance in sheep pursuant to Decision
2003/100/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and surveillance zones in

relation to bluetongue (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2003/859/EC of 5 December 2003 amending Decision 2002/106/EC as
regards the establishment of a classical swine fever discriminatory test (4) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2003/886/EC of 10 December 2003 laying down criteria for information to
be provided in accordance with Council Directive 64/432/EEC (5) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

(6) Decision 2003/828/EC repeals Decision 2003/218/EC (6), which is incorporated into the Agreement

and which is consequently to be deleted from the Agreement.

(7) 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.

(1) OJ L 376, 23.12.2004, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 311, 27.11.2003, p. 41.
(4) OJ L 324, 11.12.2003, p. 55.
(5) OJ L 332, 19.12.2003, p. 53.
(6) OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 35.

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Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1874/2003 and Decisions 2003/828/EC, 2003/859/EC and 2003/886/
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 25 September 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, 24 September 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 119/2004

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

1.

the following shall be added in point 23 (Commission Decision 2002/106/EC) in part 3.2:

‘, as amended by:

— 32003 D 0859: Commission Decision 2003/859/EC of 5 December 2003 (OJ L 324, 11.12.2003, p. 55).’;

2.

the following point shall be inserted after point 29 (Commission Decision 2003/466/EC) in part 3.2:

‘30. 32003 D 0828: Commission Decision 2003/828/EC of 25 November 2003 on protection and

surveillance zones in relation to bluetongue (OJ L 311, 27.11.2003, p. 41).’;

3.

4.

point 27 (Commission Decision 2003/218/EC) in part 3.2. shall be deleted;

the following point shall be inserted after point 73 (Commission Decision 2003/466/EC) in part 4.2:

‘74. 32003 D 0886: Commission Decision 2003/886/EC of 10 December 2003 laying down criteria for
information to be provided in accordance with Council Directive 64/432/EEC (OJ L 332, 19.12.2003,
p. 53).’;

5.

the following point shall be inserted after point 20 (Commission Decision 2003/100/EC) in part 7.2:

‘21. 32003 R 1874: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/2003 of 24 October 2003 approving the national
scrapie control programmes of certain Member States, and defining additional guarantees, and granting
derogations concerning breeding programmes for TSE resistance in sheep pursuant
to Decision
2003/100/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 12).’