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COUNCIL
DECISIONNo2/93OFTHEEEC—AUSTRIAJOINTCOMMITTEE
of29October1993
amendingProtocol3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originatingproducts'and
methodsofadministrative cooperation
(94/97/EC)
THEJOINTCOMMITTEE ,
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofAustriasignedinBrusselson22July1972,
HavingregardtoProtocol3concerningtheconceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsof
administrative cooperation,hereinafterreferredtoas'Protocol3',andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
WhereastheinsufficientsourcesofrawmaterialsintheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandin
theEFTAcountries,andtheinternationaleconomicconditionsofthetradein'Mischmetall'of
HSheadingNoex2805makeitnecessarytoamendtherulesoforiginforthisproduct
establishedinProtocol3,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Theheadings,descriptionsandrelevantrulesappearinginthelistannexedtothisDecisionshall
replacetheheadings,descriptionsandcorresponding rulesappearinginthelistinAnnexIIIto
Protocol3oftheEEC—AustriaAgreement .
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplywitheffectfrom1January1993.
DoneatBrussels,29October1993.
FortheJointCommittee
ThePresident
S.SMIDT

NoL52/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.2.94
ANNEX
Listofworkingandprocessingrequiredtobecarriedoutonnon-originating materialsinorderthatthe
productmanufactured canobtainoriginatingstatus
Descriptionofproduct USheadingNoWorkingorprocessingcarriedouton
non-originating materialsthatconfers
originatingstatus
(D "(2) (3)
exChapter28Inorganicchemicals;organicorinorganicManufacture inwhichallthematerials
compoundsofpreciousmetals,ofrareusedareclassifiedwithinaheadingother
earthmetals,ofradioactiveelementsorofthanthatoftheproduct.However,
isotopes;exceptforheadingNosex2805,materialsclassifiedwithinthesame
ex2811,ex2833andex2840forwhichheadingmaybeusedprovidedtheirvalue
therulesaresetoutbelow doesnotexceed20%oftheexworks
priceoftheproduct
ex2805 'MischmetalP Manufacture byelectrolyticorthermal
treatmentinwhichthevalueofallthe
materialsuseddoesnotexceed50%of
jheexworkspriceoftheproduct
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 325/66

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 15/94

of 28 October 1994

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 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 Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/94 of 21 March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement (1);

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/94 of 11 January 1994 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 12C (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘as amended by:

— 394 R 0041: Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/94 of 11 January 1994 (OJ No L 8, 12. 1. 1994, p. 1)’.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 41/94 in the Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 December 1994, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

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 October 1994. For the EEA Joint Committee The President H. HAFSTEIN

(1) OJ No L 160, 28. 6. 1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 8, 12. 1. 1994, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 372/1

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 30/94

of 15 December 1994

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 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 Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/94 of 21 March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement (1);

Whereas Directive 94/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 relating to the mechanical coupling devices of motor vehicles and their trailers and their attachment to those vehicles (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following new point shall be inserted after point 45Q (Council Directive 93/94/EEC) of Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘45.R. 394 L 0020: Directive 94/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 relating to the mechanical coupling devices of motor vehicles and their trailers and their attachment to those vehicles (OJ No L 195, 29. 7. 1994, p. 1). The provisions of this Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: In Annex I, the following shall be added to point 3.3.4: — 12 for Austria, — 17 for Finland, — IS for Iceland, — 16 for Norway, — 5 for Sweden.’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 94/20/EC in the Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 February 1995, provided that all the notifications under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

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, 15 December 1994. For the EEA Joint Committee The President H. HAFSTEIN

(1) OJ No L 160, 28. 6. 1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 195, 29. 7. 1994, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 372/14

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 40/94

of 15 December 1994

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 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 Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/94 of 21 March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement (1);

Whereas Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 March 1994 materially amending for the second time Directive 83/189/EEC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 83/189/EEC) of Chapter XIX of Annex II to the Agreement before the adaptations:

‘— 394 L 0010: Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 March 1994 (OJ No L 100, 19. 4. 1994, p. 30).’

2. In point 1 (Council Directive 83/189/EEC):

(a) in adaptation (a) the reference to ‘Article 1 (7)’ shall be replaced by a reference to ‘Article 1 (1)’ and the number ‘7.’ shall be replaced by ‘1.’;

(b) the following shall become new adaptation (b): ‘(b) The second subparagraph of Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following: “The term ‘technical specification’ also covers production methods and processes used in respect of products intended for human and animal consumption, and in medicinal products as defined in Article 1 of Directive 65/65/EEC (point 1 of Chapter XIII of Annex II of the Agreement), as well as production methods and processes relating to other products, where these have an effect on their characteristics.”’;

(c) former adaptation (e) shall be deleted;

(d) former adaptations (b), (c) and (d) shall become adaptations (c), (d) and (e) respectively;

(e) in adaptation (d), i.e. former adaptation (c), the word ‘second’ shall be replaced by ‘fourth’;

(f) in the introduction to adaptation (g), the words ‘list I of the Annex’ shall be replaced by ‘Annex II’.

Article 2

The texts of Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council in the Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 February 1995, provided that all the notifications under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

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, 15 December 1994. For the EEA Joint Committee The President H. HAFSTEIN

(1) OJ No L 160, 28. 6. 1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 100, 19. 4. 1994, p. 30.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 47/26

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 6/95

of 27 January 1995

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 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 Annex II to the Agreement was last amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 44/94 of 15 December 1994 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (1);

Whereas European Parliament and Council Directive 94/34/EC of 30 June 1994 amending Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of the laws of Member States concerning food additives authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 46 (Council Directive 89/107/EEC) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 394 L 0034: European Parliament and Council Directive 94/34/EC of 30 June 1994 (OJ No L 237, 10. 9. 1994, p. 1).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 94/34/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 1995, provided that all the notifications under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

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, 27 January 1995. For the EEA Joint Committee The President G. J. L. AVERY

(1) OJ No L 372, 31. 12. 1994, p. 20.

(2) OJ No L 237, 10. 9. 1994, p. 1.
DECISION No 5/95 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS of 3 November 1995 updating the list of least-developed ACP States in Article 330 (1) of the fourth Lomé Convention (95/583/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

MEETING in Réduit, Mauritius, from 3 to 4 November 1995,

NOTING that the fourth Lomé Convention signed on 15 December 1989 provided for special measures to help the least-developed, landlocked and island ACP States overcome the difficulties facing them;

NOTING that the Resolution adopted by it in Brussels on 19 May 1993 called for cooperation between the EEC and the least-developed, landlocked and island ACP States to be evaluated in accordance with Article 326 (6) of the Convention;

NOTING that the Resolution adopted by it in Mbabane on 19 May 1994 taking note of the joint report drawn up on the evaluation study by the Development Finance Committee called for the timely redefinition of the category of LDCs using criteria similar to those used by the United Nations based, in particular, on population size, a quality of life indicator and a composite economic indicator, in order to obtain a consistent list that will be regularly and automatically revised according to the arrangements for inclusion on and graduation from the list of LDCs of the United Nations;

NOTING that the UN criteria and arrangements referred to are those adopted by the UN General Assembly in Resolution No 46/206 of 20 December 1991 and included in the UN Economic and Social Council's Decision 1991/275 of 26 July 1991;

NOTING that these criteria and arrangements have recently been confirmed by the UN General Assembly in its Resolution No 49/133 of 19 December 1994;

WHEREAS these criteria and arrangements may therefore be used, subject to their amendment by the General Assembly, for the regular revision and updating of the list of ACP States in Article 330 (1) of the Convention, as requested by the Council of Ministers in its Resolution of 19 May 1994;

WHEREAS the UN General Assembly has also decided, on the basis of these criteria and arrangements (Resolution No 49/133 of 19 December 1994), to amend the list of least-developed countries by including Angola and Eritrea and removing Botswana;

HAVING REGARD TO Article 330 (2) of the Convention,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Angola, Liberia, Madagascar, Zaïre and Zambia shall be included in the list of ACP States in Article 330 (1) of the Convention.

Article 2

Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Botswana, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Swaziland and Tonga graduate from the list of ACP States in Article 330 (1) of the Convention.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, with regard to Articles 189 (3), 196 (2) and 197 (3) and (4) of the Convention relating to Stabex, this Decision shall only apply from 1 January 1996.

Done at Brussels, 3 November 1995.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers

The President

L. ATIENZA SERNA
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 83/45

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 14/95

of 24 February 1995

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 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 Annex II to the Agreement was last amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 9/95 of 27 January 1995 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (1);

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/94 of 27 November 1994 amending Annexes I, II, III and IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 14 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90) of Chapter XIII of Annex II to the Agreement before the adaptation:

‘— 394 R 2701: (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/94 of 7 November 1994 (OJ No L 287, 8. 11. 1994, p. 7).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2701/94 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 April 1995, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

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, 24 February 1995. For the EEA Joint Committee The President G. J. L. AVERY

(1) OJ No L 47, 2. 3. 1995, p. 29.

(2) OJ No L 287, 8. 11. 1994, p. 7.
DECISION No 3/95 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS of 3 November 1995 on transitional measures to be applied from 1 March 1995 following the expiry of the financial protocol to the Seventh EDF (95/556/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

Having regard to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989, hereinafter referred to as 'the Convention`, and in particular Articles 195 (b), 219 (2) (d) and 245 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the Financial Protocol of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, and in particular Articles 1, 2 (c) and 4 thereof,

Whereas the Financial Protocol to the Convention covered a period of five years from 1 March 1990; whereas a new Financial Protocol should be concluded for the second period of five years covered by the Convention;

Whereas pending the entry into force of the new Financial Protocol, the appropriate provisions should be adopted by way of transitional measures to be applied from 1 March 1995,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The balances referred to in Article 195 (b) of the Convention shall, until exhausted, be allocated to the Stabex system for the purposes specified in Article 186.

2. The balances referred to in Article 219 (2) (d) of the Convention shall, until exhausted, be allocated to the special financing facility (Sysmin) for the purposes specified in Article 214.

3. The balances referred to in Article 245 (2) of the Convention shall be used, until exhausted, for the purposes of structural adjustment support.

4. The balances referred to in Article 2 (c) of the Financial Protocol to the Convention shall be used, until exhausted, to finance the aid referred to in Articles 254 and 255 of the Convention.

Article 2

The Council shall undertake a review of the implementation of this Decision upon the entry into force of the second Financial Protocol to the Convention.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

It shall apply as from 1 March 1995.

Done at Mauritius, 3 November 1995.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers

The President

J. SOLANA
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 273/50

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 31/95

of 19 May 1995

amending Annex XIII (transport) 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 Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/94 of 21 March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement (1);

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 of 21 November 1994 on the implementation of IMO resolution A.747(18) on the application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast oil tankers (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 55b (Council Directive 94/57/EC) in Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘55c. 394 R 2978: Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 of 21 November 1994 on the implementation of IMO resolution A.747(18) on the application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast oil tankers (OJ No L 319, 12. 12. 1994, p. 1).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 June 1995, provided that all the notifications under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EFTA Joint Committee.

Article 4

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, 19 May 1995. For the EEA Joint Committee The President P. BENAVIDES

(1) OJ No L 160, 28. 6. 1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 319, 12. 12. 1994, p. 1.
Corrigendum to Decision No 4/96 of the Association Council between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, of 16 July 1996 amending Protocol 4 concerning the definition of 'originating products` and methods of administrative cooperation (96/497/Euratom, ECSC, EC) (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 208 of 17 August 1996)

On page 34 in Protocol 4, Article 2 (2), penultimate line:

for: '. . . have undergone working or processing going beyond that . . .`,

read: '. . . have undergone sufficient working or processing there, provided however that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that . . .`.
DECISION No 1/96 OF THE EC/EFTA JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMON TRANSIT of 5 July 1996 implementing Article 34A of Appendix II of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (96/531/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure (1) and in particular Article 34A of Appendix II thereto (2),

Whereas Appendix II of the Convention contains, inter alia, specific provisions relating to guarantees;

Whereas under the provisions of Article 34A of Appendix II, the use of the comprehensive guarantee may be temporarily forbidden at the request of one or more Contracting Parties, with regard of goods presenting an exceptional risk of fraud;

Whereas on the basis of information obtained by the European Community, it has been duly established that common transit operations involving cigarettes present exceptional risks of fraud which may cause considerable harm to the budgets of the Contracting Parties and to the many economic enterprises concerned;

Whereas the European Community has already taken measures within the framework of Community transit to temporarily forbid the use of the comprehensive guarantee for transport of cigarettes of the sub-heading 24.02.20 of the Harmonised System because of the exceptional risk of fraud affecting those operations;

Whereas the European Community considers it necessary to adopt similar measures for the transport of such goods within the framework of Common Transit, and has expressed the wish to make use of Article 34A to temporarily forbid the use of the comprehensive guarantee;

Whereas the measures provided for by the aforesaid Article 34A are such as to respond effectively to the fraudulent practices affecting transit,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 34A of Appendix II of the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure, the use of the comprehensive guarantee is temporarily forbidden for the transport of cigarettes under sub-heading 24.02.20 of the Harmonized System where the consignment exceeds the quantity of 35 000 pieces.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 5 July 1996.

It shall apply from 1 August 1996 for a period of six months.

Done at Brussels, 5 July 1996

For the Joint Committee

The chairman.

J. CURRIE

(1) OJ No L 226, 13. 8. 1987, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 12, 15. 1. 1994, p. 33.