Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 33/2003

of 14 March 2003

amending Annex XIII (Transport) 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 XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 13/2003 of 31 January 2003(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 21 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85) of Annex XIII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following indent shall be added:

"- 32002 R 1360: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 of 13 June 2002 (OJ L 207, 5.8.2002, p. 1)."

2. adaptations (a), (b) and (c) shall be replaced by the following adaptations:

"(a) in Article 2, point 1, the following indent shall be added to the list:

'- the conventional sign '16' is to be added for Norway';

(b) in Chapter IV, the following shall be added to the table in point 172:

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(c) in Chapter IV, the following paragraph shall be added at the end of the list in point 174:

'the distinguishing sign of the EFTA State issuing the card, printed in black surrounded by a black ellipsis. The distinguishing signs shall be as follows:

FL Liechtenstein

IS Iceland

N Norway'"

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1360/2002 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 15 March 2003, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement(3) have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

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, 14 March 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 94, 10.4.2003, p. 67.

(2) OJ L 207, 5.8.2002, p. 1.

(3) Constitutional requirements indicated.