Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 6/1999 of 29 January 1999 amending Annex XI (Telecommunication services) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1999-01-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agreement (EU), approximation of laws, market approval, radio telecommunications, satellite communications

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 6/1999

of 29 January 1999

amending Annex XI (Telecommunication services) 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 XI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 120/98 of
18 December 1998 (1);

Whereas Decision No 710/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 1997 on a
coordinated authorisation approach in the field of satellite personal-communication services in the
Community (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement;

Whereas the international aspects of Decision No 710/97/EC are to be adapted for the purposes of the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 5c (Directive 95/62/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council) in Annex XI to the Agreement:

‘5ca. 397 D 0710: Decision No 710/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24
March 1997 on a coordinated authorisation approach in the field of satellite personal-communi-
cation services in the Community (OJ L 105, 23.4.1997, p. 4).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the
following adaptations:

as regards relations with third countries described in Article 9 of the Decision, the following shall
apply:

1. with a view to achieving a maximum degree of convergence in the application of a third-
country regime in relation to satellite personal-communication services, the Contracting Parties
shall exchange information as described in Article 9(1) and consultations shall be held
regarding matters referred to in Articles 9(2) within the framework of the EEA Joint Committee
and according to specific procedures to be agreed by the Contracting Parties,

2. whenever the Community negotiates with a third country on the basis of Article 9(2), in order
to obtain effective and comparable access for its organisations, it shall endeavour to obtain
equal treatment for organisations of the EFTA States.’

The texts of Decision No 710/97/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the
respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 2

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

(1) OJ L 297, 18.11.1999, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 105, 23.4.1997, p. 4.

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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