Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 44/1999

of 26 March 1999

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 No 21/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 26 February 1999(1).

(2) Commission Decision 98/488/EC of 7 April 1998 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to soil improvers(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The text of point 2ec (Commission Decision 94/923/EC) in Annex XX to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

"398 D 0488: Commission Decision 98/488/EC of 7 April 1998 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to soil improvers (OJ L 219, 7.8.1998, p. 39)".

Article 2

The texts of Decision 98/488/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 27 March 1999, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee. It shall apply from 1 April 1998.

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, 26 March 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 46.

(2) OJ L 219, 7.8.1998, p. 39.