8.10.1998 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Communities |
L 272/35 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 20/98
of 6 March 1998
amending Annex XV (State aid) to the EEA Agreement
THE 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 XV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 85/97 (1);
Whereas the Commission has adopted Commission Decision No 2496/96/ECSC of 18 December 1996 establishing Community rules for State aid to the steel industry (2), replacing Commission Decision No 3855/91/ECSC (3) establishing Community rules for aid to the steel industry, which expired on 31 December 1996;
Whereas Commission Decision No 3855/91/ECSC was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by EEA Joint Committee Decision No 7/94;
Whereas Decision No 2496/96/ECSC of 18 December 1996 is to be incorporated into the Agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Point la (Commission Decision No 3855/91/ECSC) of Annex XV to the Agreement shall be replaced by:
‘1a. |
396 S 2496: Commission Decision No 2496/96/ECSC of 18 December 1996 establishing Community rules for State aid to the steel industry (OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, P. 42). The provisions of the Decision shall for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
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Article 2
The texts of Decision No 2496/96/ECSC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 7 March 1998 provided that all the notifications under 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 in the EEA supplement to, the Official Journal of the European. Communities.
Done at Brussels, 6 March 1998.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
F. BARBASO
(1) OJ L 160, 4.6.1998, p. 44.
(2) OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 362, 31.12.1991, p. 57.