22000D0921(07)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 54/2000

of 28 June 2000

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 26/2000 of 31 March 2000(1).

(2) Commission Directive 96/4/EC of 16 February 1996 amending Directive 91/321/EEC on infant formulas and follow-on-formulas(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Directive 1999/50/EC of 25 May 1999 amending Directive 91/321/EEC on infant formulas and follow-on formulas(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Directive 1999/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 June 1999 amending Directive 89/398/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional use(4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The following indent is added in point 51 (Council Directive 89/398/EEC) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

"- 399 L 0041: Directive 1999/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 June 1999 (OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 38)."

2. The following is added in point 54a (Commission Directive 91/321/EEC) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

", as amended by:

- 396 L 0004: Commission Directive 96/4/EC of 16 February 1996 (OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 12),

- 399 L 0050: Commission Directive 1999/50/EC of 25 May 1999 (OJ L 139, 2.6.1999, p. 29)."

Article 2

The texts of Directives 96/4/EC and 1999/50/EC and of Directive 1999/41/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision enters into force on 29 June 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(5).

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, 28 June 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 141, 15.6.2000, p. 46.

(2) OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 12.

(3) OJ L 139, 2.6.1999, p. 29.

(4) OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 38.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.