Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 19/2001 of 23 February 2001 amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2001-02-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: chemical product, environmental risk prevention, occupational health, occupational safety, safety standard

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26.4.2001

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 19/2001

of 23 February 2001

amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men
and women) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended 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)

Annex XVIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 97/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee
of 27 October 2000 (1).

Commission Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of indicative occupational
exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the
health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (2) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Directive 2000/39/EC repeals, with effect
from 31 December 2001, Commission Directive
indicative limit values in
96/94/EC of 18 December 1996 establishing a second list of
implementation of Council Directive 80/1107/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks
related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work (3), which is incorporated in
the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 16i (Directive 1999/92/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council) in Annex XVIII to the Agreement:

‘16j. 32000 L 0039: Commission Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of
indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC
on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents
at work (OJ L 142, 16.6.2000, p. 47).’

Article 2

The text of point 3b (Commission Directive 96/94/EC) of Annex XVIII to the Agreement shall be deleted
with effect from 31 December 2001.

(1) OJ L 7, 11.1.2001, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 142, 16.6.2000, p. 47.
(3) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 86.

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The texts of Directive 2000/39/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 3

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 24 February 2001, 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.

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.