DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 95/98

of 25 September 1998

amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) 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 XVIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 37/98 of 30 April 1998(1);

Whereas Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees is to apply also to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(2);

Whereas Council Directive 97/74/EC of 15 December 1997 extending, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Directive 94/45/EC on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees(3), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The asterisk in point 27 (Council Directive 94/45/EC) in Annex XVIII to the Agreement shall be deleted.

Article 2

The following shall be added in point 27 (Council Directive 94/45/EC) in Annex XVIII to the Agreement: "as amended by:

- 397 L 0074: Council Directive 97/74/EC of 15 December 1997 (OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 22)."

Article 3

The texts of Directive 97/74/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 September 1998, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 5

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, 25 September 1998.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. LIECHTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 310, 19.11.1998, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 254, 30.9.1994, p. 64.

(3) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 22.