Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 26/2000 of 31 March 2000 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
L 141/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 6. 2000 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 26/2000 of 31 March 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) (2) (3) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 4/2000 of 28 January 2000 (1). Commission Regulation (EC) No 864/1999 of 26 April 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 194/97 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/1999 of 16 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 194/97 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The following indents shall be added in point 54r (Commission Regulation (EC) No 194/97) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement: ‘— 399 R 0864: Commission Regulation (EC) No 864/1999 of 26 April 1999 (OJ L 108, 27. 4. 1999, p. 16) — 399 R 1566: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/1999 of 16 July 1999 (OJ L 184, 17. 7. 1999, p. 17). ’ Article 2 The texts of Commission Regulations (EC) No 864/1999 and (EC) No 1566/1999 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*). Article 3 This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 4 Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000. For the EEA Joint Committee The President F. BARBASO (1) Not yet published in the Official Journal. (2) OJ L 108, 27. 4. 1999, p. 16. (3) OJ L 184, 17. 7. 1999, p. 17. (*) No constitutional requirements indicated