Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 113/2005 of  30 September 2005  amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-09-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, air quality, approval, engine, pollution control measures, technical regulations, tractor

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 113/2005

of 30 September 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 Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 107/2005 of

8 July 2005 (1).

(2) Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 amending Directive 2000/25/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council concerning the emission of gaseous and particulate
pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors, and amending Annex I to
Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the type-approval
of agricultural or forestry tractors (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Directive 2000/25/EC of

the Council (3) which is already
incorporated into the Agreement also needs to be added as a separate point in Chapter II of Annex II
to the Agreement,

the European Parliament and of

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1.

the following indent shall be added in point 28 (Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council):

‘— 32005 L 0013: Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 (OJ L 55, 1.3.2005,

p. 35).’;

2.

the following point shall be inserted after point 28 (Directive 2003/37/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council):

‘29. 32000 L 0025: Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
22 May 2000 on action to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants
by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors and amending Council Directive
74/150/EEC (OJ L 173, 12.7.2000, p. 1), as amended by:

— 32005 L 0013: Commission Directive 2005/13/EC of 21 February 2005 (OJ L 55,

1.3.2005, p. 35).’

(1) OJ L 306, 24.11.2005, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 55, 1.3.2005, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 173, 12.7.2000, p. 1.

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Article 2

The text of Directive 2005/13/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.

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 2005, 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, 30 September 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
HSH Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.