Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 69/2003

of 20 June 2003

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 39/2003 of 16 May 2003(1).

(2) Commission Directive 2003/7/EC of 24 January 2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2003 of 30 January 2003 concerning the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 35 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2188/2002) in Chapter II of Annex I to the Agreement:

"36. 32003 L 0007: Commission Directive 2003/7/EC of 24 January 2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC (OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 28).

37. 32003 R 0162: Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2003 of 30 January 2003 concerning the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs (OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 3)."

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2003/7/EC and Regulation (EC) No 162/2003 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 21 June 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, 20 June 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 193, 31.7.2003, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 28.

(3) OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 3.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.