22001D0118(24)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 149/1999

of 5 November 1999

amending Annexes XIII (Transport) and XX (Environment) 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:

(1) Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 11/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 29 January 1999(1).

(2) Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 105/98 of the EEA Joint Committee of 30 October 1998(2).

(3) Commission Directive 1999/28/EC of 21 April 1999 amending the Annex to Council Directive 92/14/EEC on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988)(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) In view of the subject matter of Council Directive 92/14/EEC(4), the opportunity should be taken to list it in Annex XIII rather than in Annex XX to the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter VI. "Noise", including the provisions, in Annex XX to the Agreement shall be deleted.

Article 2

The following point shall be inserted in Annex XIII to the Agreement after point 66d (Council Directive 94/56/EC):

"66e. 392 L 0014: Council Directive 92/14/EEC of 2 March 1992 on the limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 21), as corrected in OJ L 168, 23.6.1992, p. 30, as amended by:

- 398 L 0020: Council Directive 98/20/EC of 30 March 1998 (OJ L 107, 7.4.1998, p. 4),

- 399 L 0028: Commission Directive 1999/28/EC of 21 April 1999 (OJ L 118, 6.5.1999, p. 53)."

Article 3

The texts of Directive 1999/28/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 November 1999, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 5

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, 5 November 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 35, 10.2.2000, p. 42.

(2) OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 57..

(3) OJ L 118, 6.5.1999, p. 53.

(4) OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 21.