21999D0165

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 165/1999

of 26 November 1999

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 No 7/94 of the EEA Joint Committee of 21 March 1994(1).

(2) Directive 96/100/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 February 1997 amending the Annex to Directive 93/7/EEC on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC) in Chapter XXVIII of Annex II to the Agreement:

", as amended by:

- 396 L 0100: Directive 96/100/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 February 1997 (OJ L 60, 1.3.1997, p. 59)."

Article 2

The texts of Directive 96/100/EC 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 27 November 1999, 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, 26 November 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 160, 28.6.1994, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 60, 1.3.1997, p. 59.