Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 107/2001 of 28 September 2001 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2001-09-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, advertising, approximation of laws, foodstuff, labelling, preparation for market

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 107/2001

of 28 September 2001

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 amended 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 of the EEA Joint Committee No 64/2001 of
19 June 2001 (1).

Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the
the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and
approximation of
advertising of foodstuffs (2), as corrected by OJ L 124, 25.5.2000, p. 66, is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

the laws of

Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council repeals Council Directive
79/112/EEC of 18 December 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating
foodstuffs (3) which is incorporated into the
to the labelling, presentation and advertising of
Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

Commission Directives 94/54/EC (4), 1999/10/EC (5), Council Directive 96/21/EC (6)
and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/1999 (7) which are already incorporated as acts amending
Directive 79/112/EEC, should be moved to other points in Chapter XII of Annex II,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 18 (Council Directive 79/112/EEC) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended
as follows:

1. The text before the adaptation shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)32000 L 0013: Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March
2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation
and advertising of foodstuffs (OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29), as corrected by OJ L 124, 25.5.2000, p. 66.(cid:146)

2. The text of adaptation (a) shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)(cid:151) in Icelandic (cid:147)geisla(cid:240)(cid:148) or (cid:147)me(cid:240)h(cid:246)ndla(cid:240) me(cid:240) j(cid:243)nandi geislun(cid:148),

(cid:151) in Norwegian (cid:147)bestr(cid:229)lt(cid:148) or (cid:147)behandlet med ioniserende str(cid:229)ling(cid:148).(cid:146)

(1) OJ L 238, 6.9.2001, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 300, 23.11.1994, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 69, 16.3.1999, p. 22.
(6) OJ L 88, 5.4.1996, p. 5.
(7) OJ L 40, 13.2.1999, p. 23.

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3.

In adaptation (b), (cid:145)Article 9(6)(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)Article 9(5)(cid:146).

4.

In adaptation (c), (cid:145)Article 9a.2(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)Article 10(2)(cid:146), whereas the first and last indent
giving the entries for Finland and Sweden, respectively, shall be deleted.

5.

In adaptation (d), (cid:145)Article 10a(cid:146) shall be replaced by (cid:145)Article 12(cid:146).

Article 2

The following indent shall be inserted in point 54b (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91) in Chapter XII
of Annex II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 399 R 0330: Commission Regulation (EC) No 330/1999 of 12 February 1999 (OJ L 40,

13.2.1999, p. 23).(cid:146)

Article 3

The following points shall be inserted after point 54zb (European Parliament and Council Directive
95/2/EC) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

(cid:145)54zc. 394 L 0054: Commission Directive 94/54/EC of 18 November 1994 concerning the
compulsory indication on the labelling of certain foodstuffs of particulars other than those
provided for in Council Directive 79/112/EEC (OJ L 300, 23.11.1994, p. 14), as amended by:

(cid:151) 396 L 0021: Council Directive 96/21/EC of 29 March 1996 (OJ L 88, 5.4.1996, p. 5).

54zd. 399 L 0010: Commission Directive 1999/10/EC of 8 March 1999 providing for derogations
from the provisions of Article 7 of Council Directive 79/112/EEC as regards the labelling of
foodstuffs (OJ L 69, 16.3.1999, p. 22).(cid:146)

Article 4

The texts of Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as corrected by
OJ L 124, 25.5.2000, p. 66,
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 29 September 2001, 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, 28 September 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

E. BULL

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.