CELEX: 22000D0921(01)
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 48/2000 of 31 May 2000 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

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22000D0921(01)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 48/2000 of 31 May 2000 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement  

Official Journal L 237 , 21/09/2000 P. 0058 - 0059

Decision of the EEA Joint CommitteeNo 48/2000of 31 May 2000amending 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:(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 42/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee of 19 May 2000(1).(2) Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.(3) Directive 1999/5/EC repeals, with effect from 8 April 2000, Directive 98/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 1998 relating to telecommunications terminal equipment and satellite earth station equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity(3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be replaced by Directive 1999/5/EC.(4) The adaptation to Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits(4) needs to be adjusted following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The text of point 4zg (Directive 98/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Chapter XVIII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:"399 L 0005: Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10)."Article 2Point 1 (Council Directive 73/23/EEC) in Chapter X of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:1. The following indent shall be added:"- 399 L 0005: Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10)."2. In the adaptation, the words "Finland", and "and Sweden" shall be deleted.Article 3The following indent shall be added in point 6 (Council Directive 89/336/EEC) in Chapter X of Annex II to the Agreement:"- 399 L 0005: Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 (OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10)."Article 4The texts of Directive 1999/5/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.Article 5This Decision shall enter into force on 1 June 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(5).Article 6This 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, 31 May 2000.For the EEA Joint CommitteeThe PresidentF. Barbaso(1) OJ L 174, 13.7.2000, p. 53.(2) OJ L 91, 7.4.1999, p. 10.(3) OJ L 74, 12.3.1998, p. 1.(4) OJ L 77, 26.3.1973, p. 29.(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.