Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 5/1999 of 29 January 1999 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1999-01-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agreement (EU), building materials, product safety, production control, quality label

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 5/1999

of 29 January 1999

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agree-
ment

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement of 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 118/98 of
18 December 1998 (1);

Whereas Commission Decision 98/143/EC of 3 February 1998 on the procedure for attesting the
conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards
systems of mechanically fastened flexible roof waterproofing membranes (2) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 98/213/EC of 9 March 1998 on the procuedure for attesting the
conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards
internal partition kits (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 98/214/EC of 9 March 1998 on the procedure for attesting the conformity
of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards structural
metallic products and ancillaries (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas Commission Decision 8/279/EC of 5 December 1997 on the procedure for attesting the
conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards
non load-bearing permanent shuttering kits/systems based on hollow blocks or panels of
insulating
materials and, sometimes, concrete (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following products indents shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 89/106/EEC) in Chapter XXI of
Annex II to the Agreement:

‘— 398 D 0143: Commission Decision 98/143/EC of 3 February 1998 (OJ L 42, 14.2.1998, p. 58),

— 398 D 0213: Commission Decision 98/213/EC of 9 March 1998 (OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 41),

— 398 D 0214: Commission Decision 98/214/EC of 9 March 1998 (OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 46);

— 398 D 0279: Commission Decision 98/279/EC of 5 December 1997 (OJ L 127, 29.4.1998, p.

26).’

The texts of Decisions 98/143/EC, 98/213/EC, 98/214/EC and 98/279/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 297, 18.11.1999, p. 46.
(2) OJ L 42, 14.2.1998, p. 58.
(3) OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 41.
(4) OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 46.
(5) OJ L 127, 29.4.1998, p. 26.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 30 January 1999, 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, 29 January 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO