Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 71/2004

of 8 June 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 102/2002 of 12 July 2002 [1].

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 of 7 December 1998 on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among the Member States [2] is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) The resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 7 December 1998 on the free movement of goods [3], is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter XX of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following heading and point shall be inserted after the heading "XX. FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS — GENERAL":

"ACTS REFERRED TO

1. 398 R 2679: Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 of 7 December 1998 on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among the Member States (OJ L 337, 12.12.1998, p. 8)."

2. Points 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall become points 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.

3. The following point shall be inserted after point 5 (Commission Recommendation 2001/893/EC):

"6. 498 X 1212(01): Resolution of the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 7 December 1998 on the free movement of goods (OJ L 337, 12.12.1998, p. 10)."

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 and the Resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 7 December 1998 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 9 June 2004, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee [4].

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, 8 June 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

S. Gillespie

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[1] OJ L 298, 31.10.2002, p. 17.

[2] OJ L 337, 12.12.1998, p. 8.

[3] OJ L 337, 12.12.1998, p. 10.

[4] Constitutional requirements indicated.

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