Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 88/2002 of 25 June 2002 amending Annex XV (State aid) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-06-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU aid, State aid, aid system, aid to undertakings, application of EU law, in-service training, professional qualifications, small and medium-sized enterprises, vocational training

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 88/2002

of 25 June 2002

amending Annex XV (State aid) 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 XV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 6/2001 of
31 January 2001 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87
and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87
and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87
the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (4)
and 88 of
is to be
incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex XV to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The following shall be inserted after point 1c (Council Regulation (EC) No 3094/95):

(cid:145)Training aid

1d. 32001 R 0068: Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application

of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 20).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with
the following adaptations:

(a) The term (cid:147)Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty(cid:148)shall read (cid:147)Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA

Agreement(cid:148);

(b) The term (cid:147)Member State(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)EC Member State or EFTA State(cid:148). The term (cid:147)Member

States(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)EC Member States or EFTA States(cid:148);

(c) Article 1 shall read: (cid:147)This Regulation applies to aid in all sectors covered by Articles 61 to 64

of the EEA Agreement.(cid:148);

(d)

In Article 2(a), the term (cid:147)87(1) of the Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(1) OJ L 66, 8.3.2001, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 20.
(3) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 30.
(4) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 33.

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(e)

In Article 2(e), the words (cid:147)or the Community(cid:148) shall not apply;

(f)

In Article 3, the term (cid:147)compatible with the common market(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)compatible with the
functioning of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(g)

In Article 3, the term (cid:147)Article 87(3) of the Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 61(3) of the EEA
Agreement(cid:148). The term (cid:147)Article 88(3) Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the
Surveillance and Court Agreement(cid:148);

(h) In Article 4(2) and 4(3), the terms (cid:147)Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty(cid:148) and (cid:147)Article 87(3)(a) of the
Treaty(cid:148), shall read (cid:147)Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148) and (cid:147)Article 61(3)(a) of the EEA
Agreement(cid:148), respectively;

(i)

(j)

In Article 4(6)(b), the term (cid:147)Community registers(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)registers in the territory covered
by the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

In Article 6(2), the words (cid:147)State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty(cid:148) shall
read (cid:147)State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148).

(cid:147)De minimis(cid:148) aid

1e. 32001 R 0069: Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application

of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de minimis aid (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 30).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with
the following adaptations:

(a) The term (cid:147)Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA

Agreement(cid:148);

(b) The term (cid:147)Member State(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)EC Member State or EFTA State(cid:148). The term (cid:147)Member

States(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)EC Member States or EFTA States(cid:148);

(c)

In Article 1, first paragraph, the words (cid:147)all sectors(cid:148) shall read: (cid:147)all sectors covered by Articles
61 to 64 of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(d) Article 1(a) shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:147)the transport sector and the activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of
products listed in the Appendix to this Annex and covered by the scope of the Agreement.(cid:148).

(e)

In Article 2(1), the terms (cid:147)Article 87(1) of the Treaty(cid:148) and (cid:147)Article 88(3) of the Treaty(cid:148) shall
read (cid:147)Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148) and (cid:147)Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance
and Court Agreement(cid:148), respectively.

Aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

1f. 32001 R 0070: Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application
of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L
10, 13.1.2001, p. 33).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with
the following adaptations:

(a) The term (cid:147)Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA

Agreement(cid:148);

(b) The term (cid:147)Member State(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)EC Member State or EFTA State(cid:148). The term (cid:147)Member

States(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)EC Member Stated or EFTA Stated(cid:148);

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(c) The term (cid:147)Commission(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)competent surveillance authority as defined in Article 62

of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(d) The term (cid:147)Article 87(1) of the Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(e) The term (cid:147)Article 88(3) of the Treaty(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance

and Court Agreement(cid:148);

(f)

In Article 1(1), the words (cid:147)Community Regulations or Directives under the EC Treaty(cid:148) shall
read (cid:147)rules under the EEA Agreement(cid:148). The words (cid:147)all sectors(cid:148) shall read: (cid:147)all sectors covered
by Articles 61 to 64 of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(g) Article 1(2)(a) shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:147)to activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in the
Appendix to this Annex and covered by the scope of the Agreement.(cid:148).

(h) In Articles 3 and 5, the words (cid:147)compatible with the common market(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)compatible

with the functioning of the EEA Agreement(cid:148);

(i)

In Article 4(3), the term (cid:147)Article 87(3)(c)(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148).
The term (cid:147)Article 87(3)(a)(cid:148) shall read (cid:147)Article 61(3)(a) of the EEA Agreement(cid:148).(cid:146)

2. The following shall be added at the end of Annex XV:

(cid:145)Appendix

List of products referred to in points 1e (d) and 1f (g) of Annex XV

Number in the Brussels
nomenclature

Description of products

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Live animals

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey

05.04

Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof

05.15

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or
Chapter 3, unfit for human consumption

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental
foliage

Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

Edible fruit and nuts; peel of melons or citrus fruit

Coffee, tea and spices, excluding matØ (heading No 09.03)

Cereals

Products of the milling industry; malt and starches; gluten; inulin

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit;
medical plants; straw and fodder

industrial and

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Number in the Brussels
nomenclature

Description of products

Chapter 13

Chapter 15

ex 13.03

Pectin

15.01

Lard and other rendered pig fat; rendered poultry fat

15.02

Unrendered fats of bovine cattle, sheep or goats;
produced from those fats

tallow (including (cid:147)premier jus(cid:148))

15.03

Lard stearin, oleostearin and tallow stearin;
emulsified or mixed or prepared in any way

lard oil, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not

15.04

Fats and oil, of fish and marine mammals, whether or not refined

15.07

Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified

15.12

Animal or vegetable fats and oils, hydrogenated, whether or not refined, but not
further prepared

15.13 Margarine, imitation lard and other prepared edible fats

15.17

Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes

Chapter 16

Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans or molluscs

Chapter 17

17.01

Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid

17.02

Other sugars; sugar syrups; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey);
caramel

17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolourised

17.05

Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups and molasses, but not including fruit
containing added sugar in any proportion

juices

Chapter 18

18.01

Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted

18.02

Cocoa shells, husks, skins and waste

Chapter 20

Preparations of vegetables, fruit or other parts of plants

Chapter 22

22.04

Grape must,
addition of alcohol

in fermentation or with fermentation arrested otherwise than by the

22.05 Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol

22.07

Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry and mead)

ex 22.08
ex 22.09

Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, whether or not denatured, of any strength, obtained
from agricultural products listed in this Annex, excluding liqueurs and other spirituous
beverages and compound alcoholic preparations (known as (cid:147)concentrated extracts(cid:148)) for
the manufacture of beverages

22.10

Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar

Chapter 23

Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder

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Number in the Brussels
nomenclature

Description of products

Chapter 24

Chapter 45

Chapter 54

Chapter 57

24.01

Unmanufactured tobacco, tobacco refuse

45.01

Natural cork, unworked, crushed, granulated or ground; waste cork

54.01

Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including pulled or garnetted
rags)

57.01

True hemp (Cannabis sativa), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true
hemp (including pulled or garnetted rags or ropes)(cid:146)

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 68/2001, (EC) No 69/2001 and (EC) No 70/2001 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

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 June 2002, 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 4

Done at Brussels, 25 June 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. WESTERLUND

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.