Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 7/2003

of 31 January 2003

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 126/2002 of 27 September 2002(1).

(2) Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include iprovalicarb, prosulfuron and sulfosulfuron as active substances(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC to include cinidon-ethyl, cyhalofop butyl, famoxadone, florasulam, metalaxyl-M and picolinafen as active substances(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be added in point 12a (Council Directive 91/414/EEC) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 32002 L 0048: Commission Directive 2002/48/EC of 30 May 2002 (OJ L 148, 6.6.2002, p. 19),

- 32002 L 0064: Commission Directive 2002/64/EC of 15 July 2002 (OJ L 189, 18.7.2002, p. 27)."

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2002/48/EC and 2002/64/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 1 February 2003, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

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, 31 January 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 336, 12.12.2002, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 148, 6.6.2002, p. 19.

(3) OJ L 189, 18.7.2002, p. 27.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.