Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 61/98 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, telecommunications

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 61/98

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 97/544/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
terminal equipment to be connected to public circuit switched data networks and ONP leased
circuits using a CCITT recommendation X.21 type interface (2) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/545/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical regulation for
general attachment requirements for data terminal equipment (DTE) to connect to packet
switched public data networks (PSPDNs) offering CCITT recommendation X.25 interfaces (3), is
to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 97/545/EC repeals, with effect from 10 July 1998, Commission
Decision 96/71/EC on a common technical regulation for access to packet switched public data
networks (PSPDNs) using CCITT recommendation X.25 interfaces, 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the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,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 4o (Commission Decision 96/630/EC) in
Chapter XVIII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘4p 397 D 0544: Commission Decision 97/544/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for terminal equipment to be connected to public circuit switched data
networks and ONP leased circuits using a CCITT recommendation X.21 type interface
(OJ L 223, 13.8.1997, p. 18).

4q 397 D 0545: Commission Decision 97/545/EC of 9 July 1997 on a common technical
regulation for general attachment requirements for data terminal equipment (DTE) to
connect to packet switched public data networks (PSPDNs) offering CCITT recommenda-
tion X.25 interfaces (OJ L 223, 13.8.1997, p. 21).'

The text of point 4m (Commission Decision 96/71/ECC) in Chapter XVIII of Annex II to the
Agreement shall be deleted with effect from 10 July 1998.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 134, 7.5.1998, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 223, 13.8.1997, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 223, 13.8.1997, p. 21.

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Article 3

The texts of Decisions 97/544/EC and 97/545/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