Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 20/2000 of 25 February 2000 amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-02-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: energy distribution, energy production, provision of services, public contract, telecommunications, works contract

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 20/2000

of 25 February 2000

amending Annex XVI (procurement) 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 XVI to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 96/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of

16 July 1999 (1).

(2)

It is necessary to update the adaptation text to point 2 of Annex XVI and the Appendices to that
Annex, and certain errors have appeared,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XVI to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 February 2000, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(1) OJ L 296, 23.11.2000, p. 62.
(*) Constitutional requirements indicated. Date of entry into force: 1 July 2000.

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ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 20/2000

Annex XVI (procurement) to the EEA Agreement, including Appendices 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 and 13 to that Annex, shall be
amended as follows:

1.

in point 2 (Council Directive 93/37/EEC), (cid:145)ACTS REFERRED TO(cid:146), the text of adaptation (b) shall be replaced by the
following:

(cid:145)Article 25 shall be supplemented as follows:

(cid:147)(cid:151) in Iceland, FirmaskrÆ, HlutafØlagaskrÆ

(cid:151) in Liechtenstein, Handelsregister, Gewerberegister,

(cid:151) in Norway, Foretaksregisteret(cid:148) (cid:146);

2. Appendix 1 shall be amended as follows:

1.

in point III, subheading (cid:145)Bodies(cid:146), the entry (cid:145)Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige forskningsr(cid:229)d (Royal Norwegian
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)Norges forskningsr(cid:229)d (The Research
Council of Norway),(cid:146) and the entries (cid:145)Statens Innvandrar- og Flyktningeboliger(cid:146) and (cid:145)Medisinsk Innovasjon
Rikshospitalet(cid:146) shall be deleted.

2.

in point III, the entries of subheading (cid:145)Categories(cid:146) shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)(cid:151) statsbedrifter i henhold til lov om statsforetak (LOV 1991-08-30 71) (State enterprises),

(cid:151) statsbanker (State banks),

(cid:151) universiteter og hłyskoler i henhold til

lov om universiteter og hłyskoler (LOV 1995-05-12 22)

(Universities).(cid:146);

3. Appendix 2 shall be amended as follows:

1.

the second entry regarding Liechtenstein (Liechtensteinische Post-, Telefon- und Telegrafenbetriebe) shall be
deleted with effect from 1 January 2000;

2.

the following amendments shall be made regarding Norway:

(a)

(b)

(c)

the entry (cid:145)Statens adopsjonskontor (Government Adoption Office)(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)Statens ungdoms-
og adopsjonskontor (Government Office of Youth and Adoption)(cid:146);

entry

the
of
(cid:145)Riksadvokatembedet (Director of Public Prosecutions)(cid:146);

(Director General

(cid:145)Riksadvokaten

Public

Prosecutions)(cid:146)

shall

be

replaced

by

the entry (cid:145)Eierskapstilsynet (Norwegian Media Ownership Authority)(cid:146) shall be added as the first entry under
the heading (cid:145)Kulturdepartementet (Ministry of Cultural Affairs)(cid:146);

(d)

the entry (cid:145)Statens Filmsentral (National Film Board)(cid:146) shall be deleted;

(e)

(f)

the entry (cid:145)Reindriftsadministrasjonen (Directorate for Reindeer Husbandry)(cid:146)
(cid:145)Reindriftsforvaltningen (Directorate for Reindeer Husbandry)(cid:146);

shall be replaced by

the entry (cid:145)Statens teleforvaltning (Norwegian Telecommunication Authority)(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)Post- og
teletilsynet (Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority)(cid:146);

4. Appendix 4 shall be amended as follows:

1.

the entries for Iceland shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Landsvirkjun (the National Power Company), l(cid:246)g nr. 42/1983;

Rafmagnsveitur r(cid:237)kisins (the State Electric Power Works), orkul(cid:246)g nr. 58/1967;

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Orkuveita Reykjav(cid:237)kur (Reykjav(cid:237)k Energy), l(cid:246)g nr. 38/1940;

Hitaveita Su(cid:240)urnesja (Su(cid:240)urnes Regional Heating), l(cid:246)g nr. 100/1974;

Orkubœ Vestfjar(cid:240)a (Vestfjord Power Company), l(cid:246)g nr. 66/1976;

Other entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to orkul(cid:246)g nr. 58/1967.(cid:146);

2.

in the provision for Norway, the following text shall be deleted: (cid:145)lov om bygging og drift av elektriske anlegg
(LOV 1969-06-19 65),(cid:146);

5.

in Appendix 5, the entries for Iceland shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Orkuveita Reykjav(cid:237)kur (Reykjav(cid:237)k Energy), l(cid:246)g nr. 38/1940.

Hitaveita Su(cid:240)urnesja (Su(cid:240)urnes Regional Heating), l(cid:246)g nr. 100/1974.

Other entities transporting or distributing heat pursuant to orkul(cid:246)g nr. 58/1967.(cid:146);

6. Appendix 9 shall be amended as follows:

1. The entries for Iceland shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Str(cid:230)tisvagnar Reykjav(cid:237)kur (the Reykjav(cid:237)k Municipal Bus Service)

Almenningsvagnar bs.

Other municipal bus services

Land transporting entities operating pursuant to Article 3 of l(cid:246)g nr. 13/1999 skipulag Æ f(cid:243)lksfutningum me(cid:240)
h(cid:243)pfer(cid:240)abifrei(cid:240)um(cid:146);

2. The entry regarding Liechtenstein shall, with effect from 1 January 2000, be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Liechtenstein Bus Anstalt (the Liechtenstein bus institution)(cid:146)

7. Appendix 12 shall be amended as follows:

The entry regarding Liechtenstein shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Liechtenstein TeleNet AG (the Liechtenstein Telenet Corp.)(cid:146);

8. Appendix 13 shall be amended as follows:

The entry regarding Liechtenstein shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Regierung des F(cid:252)rstentums Liechtenstein (Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein).(cid:146)