Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 48/2000 of 31 May 2000 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-05-31
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Community certification, harmonisation of standards, satellite communications, technical standard, telecommunications, telecommunications equipment

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 48/2000

of 31 May 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 ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 42/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee of
19 May 2000 (1).

Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio
equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of
their
conformity (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Directive 1999/5/EC repeals, with effect from 8 April 2000, Directive 98/13/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 1998 relating to telecommunications terminal
equipment and satellite earth station equipment,
their
conformity (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be replaced
by Directive 1999/5/EC.

including the mutual

recognition of

The adaptation to Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonisation of the
laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage
limits (4) needs to be adjusted following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the
European Union,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The text of point 4zg (Directive 98/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Chapter XVIII
of Annex II to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

‘399 L 0005: Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on
radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their
conformity (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10).’

(1) OJ L 174, 13.7.2000, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 74, 12.3.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 77, 26.3.1973, p. 29.

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Article 2

Point 1 (Council Directive 73/23/EEC) in Chapter X of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as
follows:

1. The following indent shall be added:

‘— 399 L 0005: Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999

(OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10).’

2. In the adaptation, the words ‘Finland’, and ‘and Sweden’ shall be deleted.

Article 3

The following indent shall be added in point 6 (Council Directive 89/336/EEC) in Chapter X of Annex II to
the Agreement:

‘— 399 L 0005: Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March

1999 (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10).’

Article 4

The texts of Directive 1999/5/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 5

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

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

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.