CELEX: 21994D1231(11)
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 40/94 of 15 December 1994 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

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21994D1231(11)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 40/94 of 15 December 1994 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement  

Official Journal L 372 , 31/12/1994 P. 0014 - 0015

DECISION OF  THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 40/94of 15 December 1994amending Annex II (Technical regulations,  standards, testing and certification) to the EEA AgreementTHE EEA JOINT  COMMITTEE, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting  the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement`, and in  particular Article  98 thereof, Whereas Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No  7/94 of 21   March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement (); Whereas Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23  March 1994 materially  amending for the second time Directive 83/189/EEC laying down a procedure for the provision of  information in the field of technical standards and regulations () is to be incorporated into the  Agreement, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 11. The following indent shall be added in point  1 (Council Directive  83/189/EEC) of Chapter  XIX of Annex  II to the Agreement before the adaptations: '-394  L  0010: Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23  March 1994 (OJ  No  L  100, 19.  4.  1994, p.  30).`2. In point 1 (Council Directive 83/189/EEC): (a)in adaptation (a) the reference to 'Article  1  (7)` shall be replaced by a reference to  'Article  1  (1)` and the number '7.` shall be replaced by '1.`; (b)the following shall become new adaptation (b): '(b)The second subparagraph of Article  1  (2) is replaced by the following: ''The term 'technical specification` also covers production methods and processes used in respect  of products intended for human and animal consumption, and in medicinal products as defined in  Article  1 of Directive 65/65/EEC (point  1 of Chapter  XIII of Annex  II of the Agreement), as  well as production methods and processes relating to other products, where these have an effect on  their characteristics.``  `; (c)former adaptation (e) shall be deleted; (d)former adaptations (b), (c) and (d) shall become adaptations (c), (d) and (e) respectively; (e)in adaptation (d), i.e. former adaptation (c), the word 'second` shall be replaced by 'fourth`; (f)in the introduction to adaptation (g), the words 'list  I of the Annex` shall be replaced by  'Annex  II`. Article 2The texts of Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council in the  Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language  versions of this Decision, are authentic. Article 3This Decision shall enter into force on 1  February 1995, provided that all the  notifications under Article  103  (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee. Article 4This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to,  the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 15 December 1994. For the EEA Joint CommitteeThe PresidentH. HAFSTEIN() OJ No L 160, 28.  6.   1994, p. 1.  () OJ No L 100, 19.  4.  1994, p. 30.