Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 8/2002

of 1 February 2002

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", and in particular 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 163/2001 of 11 December 2001(1).

(2) Council Decision 2001/204/EC of 8 March 2001 supplementing Directive 90/219/EEC as regards the criteria for establishing the safety, for human health and the environment, of types of genetically modified micro-organisms(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 24 (Council Directive 90/219/EEC) of Annex XX to the Agreement:

"- 32001 D 0204: Council Decision 2001/204/EC of 8 March 2001 (OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 32)."

Article 2

The texts of the Decision 2001/204/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 2 February 2002, 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, 1 February 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 65, 7.3.2002, p. 44.

(2) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 32.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.