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| 28.6.1994 | EN | Official Journal of the European Communities | L 160/1 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 7/94

of 21 March 1994

amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter together referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Recalling that the objective of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement is to establish a dynamic and homogeneous European Economic Area, based on common rules and equal treatment of individuals and economic operators as regards the four freedoms and the conditions of competition as well as on strengthened and broadened cooperation in flanking and horizontal policies,

Noting that the Agreement contains references to EC acts of EEA relevance issued by the European Community before 1 August 1991,

Considering that, in order to guarantee the homogeneity of the Agreement and the legal security for individuals and economic operators, and in the light of the joint examination by the Contracting Parties of acts issued by the European Community after 31 July 1991, the Agreement needs to be amended,

Considering furthermore that the specific nature of the acts mentioned in Annex 5 to this Decision require the simultaneous application of these acts within the Community and the EEA from the date of the entry into force of the EEA Agreement,

Recalling that according to Protocol 1 to the Agreement provisions of the acts referred to in the Annexes to the Agreement shall be applicable in accordance with the Agreement and Protocol 1, unless otherwise provided in the respective Annex,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Protocol 47 and Annexes I, II, IV to IX, XI and XIII to XXII to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in Annexes 1 to 20 to this Decision.

Article 2

1.   Unless otherwise provided in the Annexes to this Decision, dates concerning the entry into force or implementation of the acts mentioned in these Annexes shall, for the purposes of the Agreement, be read as follows:

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| — | where the date of entry into force or implementation of the act precedes the date of entry into force of this Decision, the date of entry into force of this Decision shall apply, |

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| — | where the date of entry into force or implementation of the act is after the date of entry into force of this Decision, the date of entry into force or implementation of the act shall apply. |

2.   The acts mentioned and the provisions laid down in Annex 5 to this Decision shall be applicable from the date of the entry into force of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 1994, provided that all the notifications required pursuant to 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 the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 21 April 1994.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N.G. VAN DER PAS

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