9. Joint Declaration on Article 172 of the Act of Accession

The Contracting Parties note that any amendment to the EEA Agreement and the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice needs the consent of the contracting parties concerned.

The Plenipotentiaries have taken note of the exchange of letters on the arrangement regarding the procedure for adopting certain decisions and other measures to be taken during the period preceding accession which has been reached within the Conference between the European Union and the States which have applied for accession to that Union and which is annexed to this Final Act.

Finally, the following Declarations have been made and are annexed to this Final Act:

A. Joint Declarations: The present Member States / Kingdom of Norway

10. Joint Declaration on management of fisheries resources in waters north of 62° N

11. Joint Declaration on the 12-mile limit

12. Joint Declaration on ownership of fishing vessels

13. Joint Declaration on the supply of raw material for the fish processing industry in northern Norway

14. Declaration ad Article 147 on the Norwegian food processing industry

15. Joint Declaration on Svalbard

B. Joint Declarations: The present Member States / Republic of Austria

16. Joint Declaration on the free movement of workers

17. Joint Declaration on safeguard measures under the agreements with countries of Central and Eastern Europe

18. Joint Declaration on the resolution of outstanding technical questions in the transport field

19. Joint Declaration on weights and dimensions for road transport vehicles

20. Joint Declaration on the Brenner base tunnel

21. Joint Declaration on Articles 6 and 76 of the Act of Accession

C. Joint declarations: The present Member States / Republic of Finland

22. Joint Declaration on safeguarding Finland's transport links

23. Joint Declaration on the shipment of radioactive waste

24. Joint Declaration on the Non-Proliferation Treaty

D. Joint Declarations: The present Member States / Kingdom of Sweden

25. Joint Declaration on the Non-Proliferation Treaty

26. Joint Declaration on Article 127 of the Act of Accession

E. Joint Declarations: The present Member States / Various new Member States

27. Joint Declaration: Norway, Austria, Sweden: on PCB/PCT

28. Joint Declaration on Nordic Cooperation

29. Joint Declaration on the number of animals eligible for the suckler-cow premium for Norway and Finland

30. Joint Declaration: Finland, Sweden: on the fishing possibilities in the Baltic Sea

31. Declaration on the processing industry in Austria and Finland

F. Declarations by the present Member States

32. Declaration on the AAland islands

33. Declaration on relative stability

34. Declaration on the solution of the environmental problems caused by traffic of heavy goods vehicles

35. Declaration on compliance with the Union's undertakings in agricultural matters under instruments which are not included in the Act of Accession

36. Declaration on agro-environmental measures

37. Declaration on mountain areas and less-favoured areas (LFAs)

G. Declarations by the Kingdom of Norway

38. Declaration by the Kingdom of Norway on the Norwegian language

39. Declaration by the Kingdom of Norway on Sami matters

40. Declaration by the Kingdom of Norway on transparency

H. Declarations by the Republic of Austria

41. Declaration by the Republic of Austria on Article 109g of the EC Treaty

42. Declaration by the Republic of Austria on TV broadcasting

43. Declaration by the Republic of Austria on pricing of combined transport on the Brenner route

44. Declaration by the Republic of Austria on Article 14 of Protocol No 9 on road, rail and combined transport in Austria

I. Declarations by the Republic of Finland

45. Declaration by the Republic of Finland on transparency

J. Declarations by the Kingdom of Sweden

46. Declaration by the Kingdom of Sweden on social policy

47. Declaration by the Kingdom of Sweden on open government and Declaration made by the Union in response

K. Declarations by various new Member States

48. Joint Declaration by the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden regarding fisheries

49. Declaration by Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden on Articles 3 and 4 of the Act of Acession

50. Declaration by the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden on alcohol monopolies