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Document 22003D0031

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2003 of 14 March 2003 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

OJ L 137, 5.6.2003, p. 30–31 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

This document has been published in a special edition(s) (CS, ET, LV, LT, HU, MT, PL, SK, SL, BG, RO, HR)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2003/31(2)/oj

22003D0031

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2003 of 14 March 2003 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

Official Journal L 137 , 05/06/2003 P. 0030 - 0031


Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 31/2003

of 14 March 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 157/2002 of 6 December 2002(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2002/225/EC of 15 March 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Directive 91/492/EEC as regards the maximum levels and the methods of analysis of certain marine biotoxins in bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2002/226/EC of 15 March 2002 establishing special health checks for the harvesting and processing of certain bivalve molluscs with a level of amnesic shellfish poison (ASP) exceeding the limit laid down by Council Directive 91/492/EEC(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 41 (Commission Decision 2001/182/EC) in part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement:

"42. 32002 D 0225: Commission Decision 2002/225/EC of 15 March 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Directive 91/492/EEC as regards the maximum levels and the methods of analysis of certain marine biotoxins in bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 62).

This acts applies also to Iceland;

43. 32002 D 0226: Commission Decision 2002/226/EC of 15 March 2002 establishing special health checks for the harvesting and processing of certain bivalve molluscs with a level of amnesic shellfish poison (ASP) exceeding the limit laid down by Council Directive 91/492/EEC (OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 65).

This act applies also to Iceland."

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2002/225/EC and 2002/226/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 15 March 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, 14 March 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 38, 13.2.2003, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 62.

(3) OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 65.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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