Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 144/2004

of 29 October 2004

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 125/2004 of 24 September 2004 [1].

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1425/2003 of 11 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards patulin [2]is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 455/2004 of 11 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards patulin [3]is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be added in point 54zn (Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

"— 32003 R 1425: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1425/2003 of 11 August 2003 (OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 1),

- 32004 R 0455: Commission Regulation (EC) No 455/2004 of 11 March 2004 (OJ L 74, 12.3.2004, p. 11)."

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) Nos 1425/2003 and 455/2004 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 30 October 2004, 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, 29 October 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan Jóhannsson

[1] OJ L 64, 10.3.2005, p. 47.

[2] OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 1.

[3] OJ L 74, 12.3.2004, p. 11.

[4] No constitutional requirements indicated.

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