Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2005 of 11 March 2005 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EC conformity marking, Iceland, Norway, approximation of laws, measuring equipment, metrology

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.7.2005

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 31/2005

of 11 March 2005

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) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in
Luxembourg (1).

(2) Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on

measuring instruments (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Directive 2004/22/EC repeals, with effect from 30 October 2006, Council Directives 71/318/EEC (3),
71/319/EEC (4), 71/348/EEC (5), 73/362/EEC (6), 75/410/EEC (7), 76/891/EEC (8), 77/95/EEC (9),
77/313/EEC (10), 78/1031/EEC (11) and 79/830/EEC (12), which are incorporated into the Agreement
and which are consequently to be deleted from the Agreement with effect from 30 October 2006,

(1) OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 135, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 32.
(5) OJ L 239, 25.10.1971, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 335, 5.12.1973, p. 56.
(7) OJ L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 25.
(8) OJ L 336, 4.12.1976, p. 30.
(9) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 59.
(10) OJ L 105, 28.4.1977, p. 18.
(11) OJ L 364, 27.12.1978, p. 1.
(12) OJ L 259, 15.10.1979, p. 1.

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1.

The following point shall be inserted after point 27a (Council Directive 93/42/EEC):

‘27b. 32004 L 0022: Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of

31 March 2004 on measuring instruments (OJ L 135, 30.4.2004, p. 1).’

2.

The text of points 3 (Council Directive 71/318/EEC), 4 (Council Directive 71/319/EEC), 6 (Council
Directive 71/348/EEC), 9 (Council Directive 73/362/EEC), 14 (Council Directive 75/410/EEC), 19
(Council Directive 76/891/EEC), 20 (Council Directive 77/95/EEC), 21 (Council Directive
77/313/EEC), 22 (Council Directive 78/1031/EEC) and 23 (Council Directive 79/830/EEC) shall be
deleted with effect from 30 October 2006.

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2004/22/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 March 2005, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT

(*)

Constitutional requirements indicated.