22002D0087

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 87/2002

of 25 June 2002

amending Annex XI (Telecommunication services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended 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 XI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2002 of 1 February 2002(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2002/2/EC of 20 December 2001 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data provided by the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2002/16/EC of 27 December 2001 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 5ed (Commission Decision 2001/497/EC) of Annex XI to the Agreement:

"5ee. 32002 D 0002: Commission Decision 2002/2/EC of 20 December 2001 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data provided by the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (OJ L 2, 4.1.2002, p. 13).

5ef. 32002 D 0016: Commission Decision 2002/16/EC of 27 December 2001 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 6, 10.1.2002, p. 52)."

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2002/2/EC and 2002/16/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 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 June 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

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, 25 June 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 88, 4.4.2002, p. 7.

(2) OJ L 2, 4.1.2002, p. 13.

(3) OJ L 6, 10.1.2002, p. 52.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.