Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 93/2002

of 25 June 2002

amending Annex XXII (Company law) 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 XXII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 10/2002 of 1 February 2002(1).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE)(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be inserted after point 10 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85) of Annex XXII to the Agreement:

"10a. 32001 R 2157: Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) (OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) The following shall be added to Annex I to the Regulation:

'- Iceland:

Hlutafélag;

- Liechtenstein:

die Aktiengesellschaft

die Kommanditaktiengesellschaft;

- Norway:

Allmennaksjeselskap.'

(b) The following shall be added to Annex II to the Regulation:

'- Iceland:

Hlutafélag

Einkahlutafélag;

- Liechtenstein:

die Aktiengesellschaft

die Kommanditaktiengesellschaft

die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung;

- Norway:

Allmennaksjeselskap

Aksjeselskap.'"

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 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 88, 4.4.2002, p. 22.

(2) OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 1.

(3) Constitutional requirements indicated.