Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2000 of 28 January 2000 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-01-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: consumer protection, food additive, foodstuff, human nutrition, national law

12.4.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 4/2000

of 28 January 2000

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) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 160/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of

26 November 1999 (1).

(2) Decision No 292/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 on the
maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain
specific foodstuffs (2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 54t (Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)54u. 397 D 0292: Decision No 292/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
laws prohibiting the use of certain

19 December 1996 on the maintenance of national
additives in the production of certain specific foodstuffs (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 13).

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

(a) The title of the Annex shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:147)PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MEMBER STATES AND THE EFTA STATES CONCERNED MAY
MAINTAIN THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF ADDITIVES(cid:148).

(b) The following shall be added to the Annex:

(cid:147)Norway

Norway

Traditional Norwegian fruit
(cid:145)Sirup(cid:146)

(cid:145)Saft(cid:146) and

Colours (except Betacaroten in (cid:145)Saft(cid:146) from
citrus fruit)

Traditional Norwegian (cid:145)Kjłttboller/
Kjłttkaker/Kjłttpudding(cid:146)

Preservatives (other than sodium nitrite)
and colours

Norway

Traditional Norwegian (cid:145)Lever-postei(cid:146)

Preservatives (other than sodium nitrite)
and colours(cid:148) (cid:146)

(1) OJ L 61, 1.3.2001.
(2) OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 13.

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Article 2

The texts of Decision No 292/97/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 29 January 2000, 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, 28 January 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.