DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 31/94

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 14/94 of 28 October 1994 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement(1);

Whereas Commission Directive 94/26/EC of 15 June 1994 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 79/196/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres employing certain types of protection(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following new point shall be inserted after point 7.A (Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council) of Chapter X of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘7.B.

394 L 0026:

Commission Directive 94/26/EC of 15 June 1994 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 79/196/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres employing certain types of protection (

OJ No L 157, 24. 6. 1994, p. 33

).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 94/26/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 325, 17. 12. 1994, p. 65

.

(2)  

OJ No L 157, 24. 6. 1994, p. 33

.