Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2000 of 2 October 2000 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-10-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: approximation of laws, asbestos, dangerous substance, health risk, marketing restriction, technological change

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 77/2000

of 2 October 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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

Commission Directive 1999/77/EC of 26 July 1999 adapting to technical progress for the sixth
time Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of
to be incorporated into the
certain dangerous
Agreement.

substances and preparations

(asbestos) (2)

is

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2161/1999 of 12 October 1999 imposing further testing
requirements on the importers or manufacturers of a certain priority substance as foreseen under
Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 on the evaluation and control of
the risks of existing
substances (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Recommendation 1999/721/EC of 12 October 1999 on the results of
the risk
evaluation and on the risk reduction strategies for the substances: 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol;
2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol; Alkanes, C10-13, chloro; Benzene, C10-13-alkyl derivs (4)
is to be
incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 4 (Council Directive 76/769/EEC) in Chapter XV of Annex II
to the Agreement:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 399 L 0077: Commission Directive 1999/77/EC of 26 July 1999 (OJ L 207, 6.8.1999, p. 18).(cid:146)

Article 2

The following point shall be inserted after point 12h (Council Regulation (EC) No 142/97) in Chapter XV
of Annex II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)12i. 399 R 2161: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2161/1999 of 12 October 1999 imposing
further testing requirements on the importers or manufacturers of a certain priority substance as
foreseen under Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 on the evaluation and control of the risks
of existing substances (OJ L 265, 13.10.1999, p. 11).(cid:146)

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 207, 6.8.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 265, 13.10.1999, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 292, 13.11.1999, p. 42.

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The following point shall be inserted after point 18 (Commission Communication C/130/93/p.2)
Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

in

Article 3

(cid:145)19. 399 X 0721: Commission Recommendation 1999/721/EC of 12 October 1999 on the results
substances:
chloro; Benzene,

of
for
2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol; 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol; Alkanes, C10-13,
C10-13-alkyl derivs (OJ L 292, 13.11.1999, p. 42).(cid:146)

evaluation and on the

reduction strategies

risk

risk

the

the

Article 4

The texts of Directive 1999/77/EC, Regulation (EC) No 2161/1999 and Recommendation 1999/721/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.

This Decision shall enter into force on 3 October 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 5

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, 2 October 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

G. S. GUNNARSSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.