Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/97 of 12 November 1997 amending Annex II (technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1997-11-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agreement (EU), animal product, food inspection, veterinary drug, waste

L 134/6

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

7.5.98

DECISION  OF  THE  EEA  JOINT  COMMITTEE

No  78/97

of  12  November  1997

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  32/97 (1);

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1140/96  of  25  June  1996  amending  Annex  III  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;

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1147/96  of  25  June  1995  amending  Annexes  II  and
III  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 (3)  is  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Agreement;

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1311/96  of  8  July  1996  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 (4)  is  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Agreement;

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1312/96  of  8  July  1996  amending  Annex  III  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 (5)  is  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Agreement;

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1433/96  of  23  July  1996  amending  Annexes  II  and
III  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 (6)  is  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Agreement;

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1742/96  of  6  September  1996  amending  Annexes  I,
II  and  III  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 (7)  is  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Agreement,

(1) OJ  L  242,  4.9.1997,  p.  81.
(2) OJ  L  151,  26.6.1996,  p.  6.
(3) OJ  L  151,  26.6.1996,  p.  26.
(4) OJ  L  170,  9.7.1996,  p.  4.
(5) OJ  L  170,  9.7.1996,  p.  8.
(6) OJ  L  184,  24.7.1996,  p.  21.
(7) OJ  L  226,  7.9.1996,  p.  5.

7.5.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L 134/7

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

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

‘— 396  R  1140:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1140/96  of  25  June  1996  (OJ  L  151,

26.6.1996,  p.  6)

— 396  R  1147:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1147/96  of  25  June  1996  (OJ  L  151,

26.6.1996,  p.  26)

— 396  R  1311:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1311/96  of  8  July  1996  (OJ  L  170,

9.7.1996,  p.  4)

— 396  R  1312:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1312/96  of  8  July  1996  (OJ  L  170,

9.7.1996,  p.  8)

— 396  R  1433:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1433/96  of  23  July  1996  (OJ  L  184,

24.7.1996,  p.  21)

— 396 R 1742: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1742/96 of 6 September 1996 (OJ L 226,

7.9.1996,  p.  5.’

Article  2

The  texts  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1140/96,  (EC)  No  1147/96,  (EC)  No  1311/96,  (EC)
No  1312/96,  (EC)  No  1433/96  and  (EC)  No  1742/96  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  13  November  1997,  provided  that  all  the  notifications
within  the  meaning  of  Article  103(1)  of  the  Agreement  have  been  made  to  the  EEA  Joint
Committee.

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

Article  4

Done  at  Brussels,  12  November  1997.

For  the  EEA  Joint  Committee

The  President

E.  BULL