DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 26/97 of 30 April 1997 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 82/96 (1);

Whereas Commission Decision 96/703/EC of 26 November 1996 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to refrigerators (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 2ek (Commission Decision 96/467/EC) in Annex XX to the Agreement:

'2el. 396 D 0703: Commission Decision 96/703/EC of 26 November 1996 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to refrigerators (OJ L 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 34).`

Article 2

The texts of Commission Decision 96/703/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the representative language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 1997, provided that all the notifications under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1997.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

C. DAY

(1) OJ L 100, 17. 4. 1997, p. 71.

(2) OJ L 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 34.