Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 126/2003

of 26 September 2003

amending Annex XX (Environment) 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 XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 93/2003 of 11 July 2003(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2003/200/EC of 14 February 2003 establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to laundry detergents and amending Decision 1999/476/EC(2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. Present point 2ef (Commission Decision 1999/476/EC) shall become 2efa.

2. The following point shall be inserted after point 2ee (Commission Decision 94/925/EC):

"2ef. 32003 D 0200: Commission Decision 2003/200/EC of 14 February 2003 establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to laundry detergents and amending Decision 1999/476/EC (OJ L 76, 22.3.2003, p. 25)."

3. The following indent shall be added in point 2efa (Commission Decision 1999/476/EC):

"- 32003 D 0200: Commission Decision 2003/200/EC of 14 February 2003 (OJ L 76, 22.3.2003, p. 25)."

4. Point 2efa shall be deleted with effect from 31 August 2004.

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2003/200/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 27 September 2003, 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, 26 September 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H. S. H. Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 272, 23.10.2003, p. 29.

(2) OJ L 76, 22.3.2003, p. 25.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.