Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 40/1999 of 26 March 1999 amending Annex XIII (transport) to the EEA Agreement
L 266/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 10. 2000 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 40/1999 of 26 March 1999 amending Annex XIII (transport) 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 áthe Agreementí, and in particular Article 98 thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 15/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 29 January 1999 (1). Council Directive 98/41/EC of 18 June 1998 on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The following point shall be inserted after point 56d (Council Directive 96/98/EC) in Annex XIII to the Agreement: 56e. 398 L 0041: Council Directive 98/41/EC of 18 June 1998 on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community (OJ L 188, 2. 7. 1998, p. 35)í. Article 2 The texts of Directive No 98/41/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 18 June 1999, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee. 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, 26 March 1999. (1) OJ L 35, 10. 2. 2000, p. 45. (2) OJ L 188, 2. 7. 1998, p. 35. For the EEA Joint Committee The President F. BARBASO