Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 4/2000

of 28 January 2000

amending Annex II (technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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:

(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 160/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 26 November 1999(1).

(2) Decision No 292/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain specific foodstuffs(2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 54t (Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement: "54u. 397 D 0292: Decision No 292/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain specific foodstuffs (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 13).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) The title of the Annex shall be replaced by the following: 'PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MEMBER STATES AND THE EFTA STATES CONCERNED MAY MAINTAIN THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF ADDITIVES'.

(b) The following shall be added to the Annex:

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Article 2

The texts of Decision No 292/97/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 29 January 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(3).

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, 28 January 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 61, 1.3.2001.

(2) OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 13.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.