Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 34/2000

of 31 March 2000

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:

(1) Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 72/97 of 4 October 1997(1).

(2) Commission Decision 94/774/EC of 24 November 1994 concerning the standard consignment note referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) In accordance with Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 50/97 of 27 June 1997, Liechtenstein has been granted the right to apply, for hazardous waste which is disposed of or recovered in Switzerland, Swiss regulations concerning hazardous waste which are applicable in Liechtenstein under the Treaty of 29 March 1923 regarding the inclusion of the Principality of Liechtenstein in the Swiss Customs Union; Liechtenstein may therefore use the Swiss consignment note for hazardous waste which is disposed of or recovered in Switzerland,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 32c (Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93) in Annex XX to the Agreement:

"32ca. 394 D 0774: Commission Decision 94/774/EC of 24 November 1994 concerning the standard consignment note referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (OJ L 310, 3.12.1994, p. 70).

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

'For hazardous waste which is disposed of or recovered in Switzerland, Liechtenstein may use the Swiss consignment note instead of the standard consignment note annexed to the Decision.'"

Article 2

The texts of Commission Decision 94/774/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 1 April 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, 31 March 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 30, 5.2.1998, p. 45.

(2) OJ L 310, 3.12.1994, p. 70.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.