Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 99/2002 of 12 July 2002 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-07-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: consumer information, food additive, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition, labelling, marketing standard, product designation

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 99/2002

of 12 July 2002

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 ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 81/2002 of the EEA Joint Committee of
25 June 2002 (1).

Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (2) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

Council Directive 2001/111/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain sugars intended for
human consumption (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit juices and certain similar
products intended for human consumption (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades
and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption (5) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

Council Directive 2001/114/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain partly or wholly
dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Directive 2001/110/EC repeals Council Directive 74/409/EEC (7) with effect from 1 August 2003,
which is incorporated in the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the
Agreement.

Directive 2001/111/EC repeals Council Directive 73/437/EEC (8) with effect from 12 July 2003,
which is incorporated in the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the
Agreement.

(1) OJ L 266, 3.10.2002, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47.
(3) OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 53.
(4) OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 58.
(5) OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 67.
(6) OJ L 15, 17.1.2002, p. 19.
(7) OJ L 221, 12.8.1974, p. 10.
(8) OJ L 356, 27.12.1973, p. 71.

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(9)

Directive 2001/112/EC repeals Council Directive 93/77/EEC (9) with effect from 12 July 2003,
which is incorporated in the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the
Agreement.

(10) Directive 2001/113/EC repeals Council Directive 79/693/EEC (10) with effect from 12 July 2003,
which is incorporated in the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the
Agreement.

(11) Directive 2001/114/EC repeals Council Directive 76/118/EEC (11) with effect from 17 July 2003,
which is incorporated in the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

the following shall be inserted after point 54zn (Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001):

‘54zo.

32001 L 0110: Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey
(OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47).

54zp.

32001 L 0111: Council Directive 2001/111/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain
sugars intended for human consumption (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 53).

54zq.

32001 L 0112: Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit
juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002,
p. 58).

54zr.

54zs.

32001 L 0113: Council Directive 2001/113/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to
fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human
consumption (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 67).

32001 L 0114: Council Directive 2001/114/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain
partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (OJ L 15, 17.1.2002,
p. 19).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read
with the following adaptation:

the following shall be added in Annex II:

The Icelandic term ‘niðurseydd nýmjólk’ and the Norwegian term ‘fløtepulver’ mean

“(k)
the product defined in Annex I(2)(a).”’;

2.

3.

the text of point 7 (Council Directive 73/437/EEC) shall be repealed with effect from 12 July 2003;

the text of point 9 (Council Directive 74/409/EEC) shall be repealed with effect from 1 August
2003;

4.

the text of point 11 (Council Directive 76/118/EEC) shall be repealed with effect from 17 July 2003;

(9) OJ L 244, 30.9.1993, p. 23.
(10) OJ L 205, 13.8.1979, p. 5.
(11) OJ L 24, 30.1.1976, p. 49.

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5.

6.

the text of point 19 (Council Directive 79/693/EEC) shall be repealed with effect from 12 July 2003;

the text of point 54m (Council Directive 93/77/EEC) shall be repealed with effect from 12 July
2003.

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2001/110/EC, 2001/111/EC, 2001/112/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/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

This Decision shall enter into force on 13 July 2002, provided that all
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

the notifications under

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, 12 July 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

G. S. GUNNARSSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.