Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 50/2000

of 28 June 2000

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:

(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 1/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee of 4 February 2000(1).

(2) Commission Directive 1999/99/EC of 15 December 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 80/1269/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the engine power of motor vehicles(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Directive 1999/100/EC of 15 December 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 80/1268/EEC relating to the carbon dioxide emissions and the fuel consumption of motor vehicles(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Directive 1999/101/EC of 15 December 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/157/EEC relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles(4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Directive 1999/102/EC of 15 December 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/220/EEC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles(5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) The adaptations to Council Directive 70/157/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles(6) need to be adjusted following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC) in Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following new indent shall be added:

"- 399 L 0101: Commission Directive 1999/101/EC of 15 December 1999 (OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 41)."

2. In adaptations (a) and (b), the entries for Austria, Sweden and Finland shall be deleted.

Article 2

The following indent shall be added in point 3 (Council Directive 70/220/EEC) in Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 399 L 0102: Commission Directive 1999/102/EC of 15 December 1999 (OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 43)."

Article 3

The following indent shall be added in point 42 (Council Directive 80/1268/EEC) in Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 399 L 0100: Commission Directive 1999/100/EC of 15 December 1999 (OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 36)."

Article 4

The following indent shall be added in point 43 (Council Directive 80/1269/EEC) in Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 399 L 0099: Commission Directive 1999/99/EC of 15 December 1999 (OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 32)."

Article 5

The texts of Directives 1999/99/EC, 1999/100/EC, 1999/101/EC and 1999/102/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 6

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 June 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(7).

Article 7

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 June 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(2) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 32.

(3) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 36.

(4) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 41.

(5) OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 43.

(6) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 16.

(7) No constitutional requirements indicated.