Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 21/98 of 27 March 1998 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1998-03-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agreement (EU), agricultural product, foodstuff, labelling, organic farming

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EUROPEAN  ECONOMIC  AREA

THE  EEA  JOINT  COMMITTEE

DECISION  OF  THE  EEA  JOINT  COMMITTEE

No  21/98

of  27  March  1998

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
64/97  of  4  October  1997 (1);

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  522/96  of  26  March  1996  amending  Regulation
(EEC)  No  94/92  laying  down  detailed  rules  for  implementing  the  arrangements  for  imports
from  third  countries  provided  for  in  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2092/91  and  amending  Regulation
(EC)  No  529/95  deferring  for  imports  from  certain  third  countries  the  date  of  application  of
Article  11(1)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2092/91  on  organic  production  of  agricultural  products
and 
is  to  be
incorporated  into  the  Agreement;

indications  referring  thereto  on  agricultural  products  and  feedstuffs (2), 

Whereas  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  314/97  of  20  February  1997  amending  Regulation
(EEC)  No  94/92  laying  down  detailed  rules  for  implementing  the  arrangements  for  imports
from  third  countries  provided  for  in  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2092/91  on  organic  production  of
agricultural  products  and 
thereto  on  agricultural  products  and
feedstuffs (3),  is  to  be  incorporated  into  the  Agreement,

indications  referring 

(1)  OJ  L  30,  5.2.1998,  p.  35.
(2)  OJ  L  77,  27.3.1996,  p.  10.
(3)  OJ  L  51,  21.2.1997,  p.  34.

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HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The following indents shall be added in point 54(b) (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91) in
Chapter  XII  of  Annex  II  to  the  Agreement:

‘—  396  R  0522:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  522/96  of  26  March  1996  (OJ  L  77,

27.3.1996,  p.  10),

—  397  R  0314:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  314/97  of  20  February  1997  (OJ  L  51,

21.2.1997,  p.  34).’

Article  2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 522/96 and (EC) No 314/97 in the Icelandic and Norwegian
languages,  which  are  annexed  to  the  respective  language  versions  of  this  Decision,  are
authentic.

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  1  April  1998,  provided  that  all  the  notifications  under
Article  103(1)  of  the  Agreement  have  been  made  to  the  EEA  Joint  Committee.

Article  3

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,  27  March  1998.

For  the  EEA  Joint  Committee

The  President

F.  BARBASO