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# 22000D0009

**Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 9/2000 of 28 January 2000 amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement **

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Official Journal L 103 , 12/04/2001 P. 0018 - 0019 *

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 9/2000

of 28 January 2000

amending Annex VI (social security) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted 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 VI to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 81/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 25 June 1999(1).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999 of 29 April 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999 adds Annex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71. For the purposes of the Agreement, Annex VIII needs to include references also to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

(4) The modalities for the participation of the EFTA States in the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers set out in Annex VI to the Agreement were amended by Decision No 34/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 26 March 1999(3) in order to reflect the participation of the EFTA States in the Technical Commission attached to the Administrative Commission. Sectoral Adaptation II to Annex VI to the Agreement should be updated in order to reflect such participation,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 1 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71) in Annex VI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following indent shall be added before the adaptations: "- 399 R 1399: Council Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999 of 29 April 1999 (OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 1).";

2. the following adaptation shall be added after adaptation (u): "(v) The following shall be added to Annex VIII:

P. ICELAND

None.

Q. LIECHTENSTEIN

None.

R. NORWAY

None."

Article 2

The following indent shall be added in point 2 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72) in Annex VI to the Agreement before the adaptations: "- 399 R 1399: Council Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999 of 29 April 1999 (OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 1)."

Article 3

In Sectoral Adaptation II to Annex VI to the Agreement, the words "the rights and duties conferred upon the Audit Board attached to the said Administrative Commission" shall be replaced by "the rights and duties conferred upon the Audit Board and upon the Technical Commission, both attached to the said Administrative Commission".

Article 4

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 January 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

Article 6

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 296, 23.11.2000, p. 37.

(2) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 266, 19.10.2000, p. 20.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.