Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 159/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2002-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Community certification, harmonisation of standards, marketing standard, motor vehicle, road safety, two-wheeled vehicle, vehicle parts

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 159/2002

of 6 December 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 (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 138/2002 of
8 November 2002 (1).

Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to
the type-approval of
three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing Council Directive
two or
92/61/EEC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Directive 2002/24/EC repeals, with effect from 9 November 2003, Directive 92/61/EEC, which is
incorporated into the Agreement, and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

the Council (3), which is already
Directive 2000/7/EC of
incorporated into the Agreement, needs to be moved to a separate point in Chapter I of Annex II
to the Agreement,

the European Parliament and of

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter I of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows.

1. The text of point 45f (Council Directive 92/61/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 9 November

2003.

2. The following points shall be inserted after point 45y (Directive 2001/85/EC of

the European

Parliament and of the Council):

(cid:145)45z. 32000 L 0007: Directive 2000/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20
March 2000 on speedometers for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles and amending Council
Directive 92/61/EEC on the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (OJ L 106,
3.5.2000, p. 1).

(1) OJ L 19, 23.1.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 106, 3.5.2000, p. 1.

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45za. 32002 L 0024: Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18
March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two-or three-wheel motor vehicles and repealing
Council Directive 92/61/EEC (OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1).

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

(a)

in Annex IV, Part A, the following shall be added to paragraph 47:

(cid:147)Iceland:(cid:133)(cid:148)

(cid:147)Liechtenstein: (cid:133)(cid:148)

(cid:147)Norway:(cid:133)(cid:148);

(b)

in Annex V, Part B, the following shall be added to paragraph 1.1:

(cid:147)(cid:151) IS for Iceland:(cid:133)(cid:148)

(cid:147)(cid:151) FL for Liechtenstein: (cid:133)(cid:148)

(cid:147)(cid:150) 16 for Norway:(cid:133)(cid:148).(cid:146)

Article 2

The text of Directive 2002/24/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 7 December 2002 provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kjartan J(cid:211)HANNSSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.