Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 112/1999 of 24 September 1999 amending Annex II (technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1999-09-24
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, public service, radio telecommunications, technical regulations, transmission network, waveband

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 112/1999

of 24 September 1999

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 (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 65/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of
28 May 1999 (1).

Commission Decision 98/574/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for the
land-based mobile
general attachment
communications, phase II (edition 2) (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

for public pan-European cellular digital

requirements

Commission Decision 98/575/EC of 16 September 1998 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 GSM 1 800 band (edition 2) (3), is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 98/576/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for the
attachment requirements for terminal equipment to connect to public switched telephone networks
is to be incorporated into the
(PSTNs) and incorporating an analogue handset
Agreement.

function (4),

Commission Decision 98/577/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for
very small aperture terminals (VSATs) satellite earth stations operating in the 4 GHz and 6 GHz
frequency bands (5), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 98/578/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical regulation for low
data rate land mobile satellite earth stations (LMES) operating in the 1,5/1,6 GHz frequency
bands (6), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 4zu (Council Decision 98/482/EC) in Chapter XVIII of
Annex II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)4zv. 398 D 0574: Commission Decision 98/574/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical
regulation for the general attachment requirements for public pan-European cellular digital
land-based mobile communications, phase II (edition 2) (OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 30).

(1) OJ L 284, 9.11.2000, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 40.
(5) OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 43.
(6) OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 46.

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4zw. 398 D 0575: Commission Decision 98/575/EC of 16 September 1998 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 GSM 1 800 band
(edition 2) (OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 35).

4zx. 398 D 0576: Commission Decision 98/576/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical
regulation for the attachment requirements for terminal equipment
to public
switched telephone networks (PSTNs) and incorporating an analogue handset function (OJ L
278, 15.10.1998, p. 40).

to connect

4zy. 398 D 0577: Commission Decision 98/577/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical
regulation for very small aperture terminals (VSATs) satellite earth stations operating in the
4 GHz and 6 GHz frequency bands (OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 43).

4zz. 398 D 0578: Commission Decision 98/578/EC of 16 September 1998 on a common technical
regulation for low data rate land mobile satellite earth stations (LMES) operating in the
1,5/1,6 GHz frequency bands (OJ L 278, 15.10.1998, p. 46).(cid:146)

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 98/574/EC, 98/575/EC, 98/576/EC, 98/577/EC and 98/578/EC in the Icelandic and
Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of
this Decision, are
authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on 25 September 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, 24 September 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. LIECHTENSTEIN