DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 38/94

of 15 December 1994

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 Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/94 of 21 March 1994 amending Protocol 47 and certain Annexes to the EEA Agreement(1);

Whereas Seventeenth Commission Directive 94/32/EC of 29 June 1994 adapting to technical progress Annexes II, III, V, VI and VII of Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be inserted in point 1 (Council Directive 76/768/EEC) of Chapter XVI of Annex II to the Agreement before the adaptation:

‘—

394 L 0032:

Seventeenth Commission Directive 94/32/EC of 29 June 1994 (

OJ No L 181, 15.7. 1994, p. 31

).’

Article 2

The texts of Seventeenth Directive 94/32/EC in the Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 February 1995, 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, 15 December 1994.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H. HAFSTEIN

(1)

OJ No L 160, 28. 6. 1994, p. 1

(2)

OJ No L 181, 15. 7. 1994, p. 31