Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 64/2000

of 28 June 2000

amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine

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) Protocol 47 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 35/2000 of 31 March 2000(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2253/1999 of 25 October 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 881/98 laying down detailed rules for the protection of the additional traditional terms used to designate certain types of quality wine produced in specified regions (quality wine psr)(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 42e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 881/98) in Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the Agreement:

"- 399 R 2253: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2253/1999 of 25 October 1999 (OJ L 275, 26.10.1999, p. 8)."

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2253/1999 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision enters into force on 29 June 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 June 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 141, 15.6.2000, p. 62.

(2) OJ L 275, 26.10.1999, p. 8.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.