Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 103/2000

of 30 November 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 72/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee of 2 October 2000(1).

(2) Commission Directive 2000/3/EC of 22 February 2000 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 77/541/EEC relating to safety belts and restraint systems of motor vehicles(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) The adaptations to Council Directive 77/541/EEC of 28 June 1977 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to safety belts and restraint systems for motor vehicles(3) need to be adjusted following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 32 (Council Directive 77/541/EEC) in Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent shall be added:

"- 32000 L 0003: Commission Directive 2000/3/EC of 22 February 2000 (OJ L 53, 25.2.2000, p. 1)."

2. The adaptation text shall be replaced by the following:

"In Annex III, the following shall be added to point 1.1.1:

'IS for Iceland

FL for Liechtenstein

6 for Norway'.

"

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2000/3/EC 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 1 December 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, 30 November 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

G. S. Gunnarsson

(1) OJ L 315, 14.12.2000, p. 7.

(2) OJ L 53, 25.2.2000, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 220, 29.8.1997, p. 95.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.