Decision No 23/2003

of 5 February 2003

of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement on mutual recognition between the European Community and the United States of America related to the withdrawal of conformity assessment bodies under the Sectoral Annexes on telecommunication equipment and electromagnetic compatibility

(2003/110/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on mutual recognition between the European Community and the United States of America and in particular Articles 9 and 14,

Whereas the Joint Committee is to take a decision to withdraw a conformity assessment body or bodies listed under a sectoral annex,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The conformity assessment body in Attachment A is withdrawn from the list of conformity assessment bodies under column "EC access to the US market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on telecommunication equipment.

2. The conformity assessment body in Attachment B is withdrawn from the list of conformity assessment bodies under column "EC access to the US market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on electromagnetic compatibility.

3. The Parties shall continue to accept the results of conformity assessment procedures performed, if any, by the conformity assessment bodies in Attachments A and B prior to this decision, unless a regulatory authority of a Party decides otherwise based on health, safety and environmental considerations or failure to satisfy other requirements within the scope of the applicable sectoral annex.

This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by representatives of the Joint Committee who are authorised to act on behalf of the Parties for purposes of amending the Agreement. This Decision shall be effective from the date of the later of these signatures.

Signed in Washington DC, 5 February 2003.

On behalf of the United States of America

James Sanford

Signed in Brussels, 31 January 2003.

On behalf of the European Community

Joanna Kioussi

ATTACHMENT A

EC conformity assessment body withdrawn from the list of conformity assessment bodies under column "EC access to the US market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on telecommunication equipment

Cambridge Test and Measurement Services Ltd PO Box 465 St Andrews Road Cambridge CB4 1ZJ United Kingdom Tel.: (44-1223) 87 68 76 Fax: (44-1223) 87 68 51

ATTACHMENT B

EC conformity assessment body withdrawn from the list of conformity assessment bodies under column "EC access to the US market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on electromagnetic compatibility

Cambridge Test and Measurement Services Ltd PO Box 465 St Andrews Road Cambridge CB4 1ZJ United Kingdom Tel.: (44-1223) 87 68 76 Fax: (44-1223) 87 68 51