Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 168/2003

of 5 December 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 103/2003 of 26 September 2003(1).

(2) Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 amending Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Directive 2003/57/EC repeals, with effect from 1 March 2004, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/1999(3) which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter II of Annex I to the Agreement is amended as follows:

1. The following is added in point 33 (Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

", as amended by:

- 32003 L 0057: Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 (OJ L 151, 19.6.2003, p. 38)."

2. The text of point 1l (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/1999) is deleted with effect from 1 March 2004.

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2003/57/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 6 December 2003, provided that all the notifications in accordance with 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, 5 December 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

HSH Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 331, 18.12.2003, p. 10.

(2) OJ L 151, 19.6.2003, p. 38.

(3) OJ L 297, 18.11.1999, p. 8.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.