Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 41/2000

of 19 May 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 of the EEA Joint Committee No 28/2000 of 31 March 2000(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931/1999 of 9 September 1999 amending Annexes I, II and III of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) The adaptation to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 of 26 June 1990 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin(3) shall be deleted following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 14 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90) in Chapter XIII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent shall be added:

"- 399 R 1931: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931/1999 of 9 September 1999 (OJ L 240, 10.9.1999, p. 3)."

2. The extension regarding the transitional period for Austria shall be deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1931/1999 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 20 May 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

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, 19 May 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 141, 15.6.2000, p. 49.

(2) OJ L 240, 10.9.1999, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 1.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.