Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 34/2005 of 11 March 2005 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, approximation of laws, chemical product, codification of EU law, health control, research body, testing

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 34/2005

of 11 March 2005

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 Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 166/2004 of

3 December 2004 (1).

(2) Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the
inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (2), is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

(3) Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the
harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the
principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical
substances (3), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Directive 2004/9/EC repeals Council Directive 88/320/EEC (4), which is incorporated in the

Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(5) Directive 2004/10/EC repeals Council Directive 87/18/EEC (5), which is incorporated in the

Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter XV of Annex II shall be amended as follows:

1.

The text of point 8 (Council Directive 87/18/EEC) shall be replaced by the following:

‘32004 L 0010: Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February
2004 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the

(1) OJ L 133, 26.5.2005, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 145, 11.6.1988, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 15, 17.1.1987, p. 29.

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application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for
tests on chemical substances (OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 44).’

2.

The text of point 9 (Council Directive 88/320/EEC) shall be replaced by the following:

‘32004 L 0009: Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February
2004 on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (OJ L 50, 20.2.2004,
p. 28).’

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2004/9/EC and 2004/10/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 12 March 2005, 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, 11 March 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.