DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 96/98

of 25 September 1998

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 76/98 of 31 July 1998(1);

Whereas Commission Decision 97/864/EC of 5 December 1997 modifying Decision 96/304/EC establishing ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to bedlinen and T-shirts(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 2ei (Commission Decision 96/304/EC) in Annex XX to the Agreement: " as amended by:

- 397 D 0864: Commission Decision 97/864/EC of 5 December 1997 (OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 66)."

Article 2

The texts of Decision 97/864/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

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 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, 25 September 1998.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. LIECHTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 55.

(2) OJ L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 66.