Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 85/2002

of 25 June 2002

Amending Annex VII (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) 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 Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:.

(1) Annex VII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 55/2001 of 18 May 2001(1).

(2) Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 to facilitate practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 2 (Council Directive 77/249/EEC) in Annex VII to the Agreement:

"2a. 398 L 0005: Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 to facilitate practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained (OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 36).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

The following shall be added in Article 1(2):

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Article 2

The text of Directive 98/5/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 26 June 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, 25 June 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 165, 21.6.2001, p. 60.

(2) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 36.

(3) Constitutional requirements indicated.