Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 62/98 of 4 July 1998 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1998-07-04
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agreement (EU), computer terminal, harmonisation of standards, technical regulations, transmission network

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Official Journal of the European Communities

15. 4. 1999

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 62/98

of 4 July 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 Agree-
ment, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No
80/97 of 12 November 1997 (1);

Whereas Commission Decision 97/486/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
the general attachment requirements for terminal equipment to interface to Open Network
Provision (ONP) two-wire analogue leased lines (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/487/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
the general attachment requirements for terminal equipment to interface to Open Network
Provision (ONP) four-wire analogue leased lines (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/639/EC of 19 September 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the attachment requirements for the terminal equipment interface for connection
to 34 Mbit/s digital unstructured and structured leased lines (4) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 4q (Commission Decision 97/545/EC) in
Chapter XVIII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘4r 397 D 0486: Commission Decision 97/486/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the general attachment requirements for terminal equipment to interface to
Open Network Provision (ONP) two-wire analogue leased lines (OJ L 208, 2.8.1997,
p. 44).

4s 397 D 0487: Commission Decision 97/487/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the general attachment requirements for terminal equipment to inferface to
Open Network Provision (ONP) four-wire analogue leased lines (OJ L 208, 2.8.1997,
p. 47).

4t 397 D 0639: Commission Decision 97/639/EC of 19 September 1997 on a common
technical regulation for the attachment requirements for the terminal equipment interface
for connection to 34 Mbit-s digital unstructured and structured leased lines (OJ L 271,
3.10.1997, p. 16).'

The texts of Decisions 97/486/EC, 97/487/EC, and 97/639/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian
languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 134, 7.5.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 208, 2.8.1997, p. 44.
(3) OJ L 208, 2.8.1997, p. 47.
(4) OJ L 271, 3.10.1997, p. 16.

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Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 5 July 1998, provided that all the notifications under
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, 4 July 1998.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO