Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 103/2003

of 26 September 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 69/2003 of 20 June 2003(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 261/2003 of 12 February 2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of new uses of additives in feedingstuffs(2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2003 of 19 February 2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs(3), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 37 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 162/2003) in Chapter II of Annex I to the Agreement:

"38. 32003 R 0261: Commission Regulation (EC) No 261/2003 of 12 February 2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of new uses of additives in feedingstuffs (OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 12).

39. 32003 R 0316: Commission Regulation (EC) No 316/2003 of 19 February 2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 15)."

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) Nos 261/2003 and 316/2003 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 27 September 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, 26 September 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H. S. H. Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 257, 9.10.2003, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 12.

(3) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 15.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.