Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 56/2007 of 8 June 2007 amending Annex XVII (Intellectual property) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2007-06-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: codification of EU law, copyright, cultural object, free service, hiring, intellectual property

11.10.2007

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 56/2007

of 8 June 2007

amending Annex XVII (Intellectual property) 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 XVII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 43/2005 of

11 March 2005 (1).

(2) Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the
term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version) (2) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.

(3) Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental
right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property
(codified version) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Directive 2006/116/EC repeals Council Directive 93/98/EEC (4), which is incorporated into the

Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(5) Directive 2006/115/EC repeals Council Directive 92/100/EEC (5), which is incorporated into the

Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex XVII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1.

The following points shall be inserted after point 9e (Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council):

‘9f. 32006 L 0116: Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified
version) (OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 12).

9g. 32006 L 0115: Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in
the field of intellectual property (codified version) (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 28).’

2.

The text of points 7 (Council Directive 92/100/EEC) and 9 (Council Directive 93/98/EEC) shall be
deleted.

The texts of Directives 2006/116/EC and 2006/115/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 2

(1) OJ L 198, 28.7.2005, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 290, 24.11.1993, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 346, 27.11.1992, p. 61.

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11.10.2007

This Decision shall enter into force on 9 June 2007, 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, 8 June 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.