Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 63/98 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), harmonisation of standards, radio telecommunications, technical regulations, telecommunications

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 63/98

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
Agreement', 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 97/526/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
the general attachment requirements for public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile
communications (edition 2) (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/527/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
land-based
the telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular digital
mobile communications (edition 2) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/528/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
the general attachment requirements for mobile stations intended to be used with Phase II public
digital cellular telecommunications networks operating in the DCS 1800 band (4)
is to be
incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/529/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
the telephony application requirements for mobile stations intended to be used with Phase II
public digital cellular telecommunications networks operating in the DCS 1800 band (5) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Decision 97/526/EC repeals, with effect from 10 July 1998, Commission Decision
94/11/EC on a common technical regulation for the general attachment requirements for public
pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, which is incorporated into the
Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement;

Whereas Decision 97/527/EC repeals, with effect from 10 July 1998, Commission Decision
94/12/EC on a common technical regulation for the telephony application requirements for
public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications, which is incorporated
into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 4t (Commission Decision 97/639/EC) in
Chapter XVIII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘4u 397 D 0526: Commission Decision 97/526/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the general attachment requirements for public pan-European cellular
digital land-based mobile communications (edition 2)

(OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 54).

(1) OJ L 134, 7.5.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 54.
(3) OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 57.
(4) OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 60.
(5) OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 65.

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4v 397 D 0527: Commission Decision 97/527/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the telephony application requirements for public pan-European cellular
digital land-based mobile communications (edition 2)

(OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 57).

4w 397 D 0528: Commission Decision 97/528/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the general attachment requirements for mobile stations intended to be
used with Phase II public digital cellular telecommunications networks operating in the
DCS 1800 band (OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 60).

4x 397 D 0529: Commission Decision 97/529/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for the telephony application requirements for mobile stations intended to be
used with Phase II public digital cellular telecommunications networks operating in the
DCS 1800 band (OJ L 215, 7.8.1997, p. 65).'

The texts of point 4a (Commission Decision 94/11/EC) and point 4b (Commission Decision
94/12/EC) in Chapter XVIII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be deleted with effect from 10
July 1998.

Article 2

Article 3

The texts of Decisions 97/526/EC, 97/527/EC, 97/528/EC and 97/529/EC in the Icelandic and
Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are
authentic.

Article 4

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 5

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1998.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO