Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 25/2004

of 19 March 2004

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 150/2003 of 7 November 2003(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2003/424/EC of 6 June 2003 amending Decision 96/603/EC establishing the list of products belonging to Class A "No contribution to fire" provided for in Decision 94/611/EC implementing Article 20 of Council Directive 89/106/EEC on construction products(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 89/106/EEC) of Chapter XXI of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 32003 D 0424: Commission Decision 2003/424/EC of 6 June 2003 (OJ L 144, 12.6.2003, p. 9)."

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2003/424/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 20 March 2004, provided that all the notifications pursuant to 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, 19 March 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 41, 12.2.2004, p. 39.

(2) OJ L 144, 12.6.2003, p. 9.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.