Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 163/2002

of 6 December 2002

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 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 II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 13/2001 of 23 February 2001(1).

(2) Twenty-sixth Commission Directive 2002/34/EC of 15 April 2002 adapting to technical progress Annexes II, III and VII to Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products(2) is to incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 76/768/EEC) of Chapter XVI of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 32002 L 0034: 26th Commission Directive 2002/34/EC of 15 April 2002 (OJ L 102, 18.4.2002, p. 19)."

Article 2

The text of Directive 2002/34/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 7 December 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 Union.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan Jóhannsson

(1) OJ L 117, 26.4.2001, p. 9.

(2) OJ L 102, 18.4.2002, p. 19.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.