Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2000 of 31 March 2000 amending Annex IV (Energy) of the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: consumer price, distribution cost, import, petroleum, petroleum product, supply

15.6.2000

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 31/2000

of 31 March 2000

amending Annex IV (Energy) of 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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Annex IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 168/1999 of
26 November 1999 (1).

Council Decision 1999/280/EC of 22 April 1999 regarding a Community procedure for information
and consultation on crude oil supply costs and the consumer prices of petroleum products (2) is to
be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 1999/566/EC of 26 July 1999 implementing Council Decision 1999/280/EC
regarding a Community procedure for information and consultation on crude oil supply costs and
the consumer prices of petroleum products (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Decision 1999/280/EC of 22 April 1999 repeals Council Directive 76/491/EEC of 4 May
1976 regarding a Community procedure for information and consultation on the prices of crude oil
and petroleum products in the Community, which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is
consequently to be deleted from the Agreement.

Commission Decision 1999/566/EC repeals Commission Decision 77/190/EEC of 26 January 1977
implementing Council Directive 76/491/EEC regarding Community procedures for information and
consultation on the price of crude oil and petroleum products in the Community, which is
incorporated into the Agreement, and which is consequently to be deleted from the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The text of point 3 (Council Directive 76/491/EEC) of Annex IV to the Agreement shall be replaced by the
following:

‘399 D 0280: Council Decision 1999/280/EC of 22 April 1999 regarding a Community procedure for
information and consultation on crude oil supply costs and the consumer prices of petroleum products
(OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 8).’

Article 2

The texts of point 3a (Commission Decision 77/190/EEC) of Annex IV to the Agreement shall be

1.
replaced by the following:

‘399 D 0566: Commission Decision 1999/566/EC of 26 July 1999 implementing Council Decision
1999/280/EC regarding a Community procedure for information and consultation on crude oil supply
costs and the consumer prices of petroleum products (OJ L 216, 14.8.1999, p. 8).’

2.

Appendix 1 to Annex IV to the Agreement shall be deleted.

The texts of Council Decision 1999/280/EC and Commission Decision 1999/566/EC in the Icelandic and
Journal of the European
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official
Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 110, 28.4.1999, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 216, 14.8.1999, p. 8.

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

Article 4

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

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.