(a)

In Article 3(3), “rules of the Treaty” shall read “rules of the EEA Agreement”;

(b)

In Article 4(1), “Article 50 of the Treaty” shall read “Article 37 of the EEA Agreement”;

(c)

In Articles 4(2) and 4(3), “Article 48 of the Treaty” shall read “Article 34 of the EEA Agreement”;

(d)

In Article 4(5), “Article 43 of the Treaty” shall read “Article 31 of the EEA Agreement”;

(e)

Article 4(8) shall read:

“ “overriding reasons relating to the public interest” means, without prejudice to Article 6 of the EEA Agreement, reasons recognised as such in the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Community, including the following grounds: public policy; public security; public safety; public health; preserving the financial equilibrium of the social security system; the protection of consumers; recipients of services and workers; fairness of trade transactions; combating fraud; the protection of the environment and the urban environment; the health of animals; intellectual property; the conservation of the national historic and artistic heritage; social policy objectives and cultural policy objectives;”;

(f)

The following subparagraph shall be inserted after the first subparagraph of Article 15(7):

“When the Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority, in accordance with paragraph 4(d) of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, exchange information on notifications received from the EU Member States or the EFTA States respectively, the Commission shall communicate the information received from the EFTA Surveillance Authority to the EU Member States and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall communicate the information received from the Commission to the Standing Committee of the EFTA States. Furthermore, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall inform the Standing Committee of the notifications received from the EFTA States.”;

(g)

The following subparagraph shall be inserted in Article 21(2):

“When the Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority, in accordance with paragraph 4(a) of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, exchange information on the names and contact details received from the EU Member States or the EFTA States respectively, the Commission shall communicate the information received from the EFTA Surveillance Authority to the EU Member States and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall communicate the information received from the Commission to the Standing Committee of the EFTA States.”;

(h)

Article 22(1)(d) shall not apply with regard to the EFTA States;

(i)

The following shall be added in Article 28(8):

“With regard to the EFTA States, it shall be the EFTA Surveillance Authority to periodically inform them about the functioning of the mutual assistance provisions.”;

(j)

The following shall be added in Article 39(2):

“Without prejudice to paragraph 4(d) of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, the Commission shall forward the reports received from the EU Member States to the EFTA Surveillance Authority for distribution to the EFTA States and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall forward the information received from an EFTA State to the other EFTA States, to the Standing Committee of the EFTA States and to the Commission for distribution to the EU Member States. The Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall exchange information on the observations received from the EU Member States and the EFTA States respectively.”;

(k)

The following shall be added in Article 39(3):

“The EFTA States may also present their reports and observations in the Committee.”;

(l)

The following subparagraph shall be added in Article 39(5):

“When the Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority, in accordance with paragraph 4(d) of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement, exchange information on the requirements transmitted by the EU Member States or the EFTA States respectively, the Commission shall communicate the information received from the EFTA Surveillance Authority to the EU Member States and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall communicate the information received from the Commission to the Standing Committee of the EFTA States. Furthermore, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall inform the Standing Committee of the requirements transmitted by the EFTA States.”’

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397 L 0036: Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 (OJ L 202, 30.7.1997, p. 60).

(a)

In Article 2(5), “Article 52 and following of the Treaty establishing the European Community” shall read “Article 31 and following of the Agreement on the European Economic Area”;

(b)

with regard to EFTA States, the works referred to in Article 6(1)(c) of the Directive are also works made, as described in Article 6(3), by and with producers established in European third countries with which the EFTA State concerned has agreements to this effect.

If a Contracting Party intends to conclude an agreement as mentioned in Article 6(3), it shall inform the EEA Joint Committee thereof. Consultations concerning the contents of such agreements may take place at the request of any Contracting Party;

(c)

the following shall be added to Article 15 of the Directive:

“The EFTA States shall be free to compel cable companies operating on their territories to scramble or otherwise obscure spot advertisements for alcoholic beverages in programmes of television broadcasters whose main audience is in an EEA EFTA State. For the purpose of assessing whether a particular programme or spot advertisement falls within the scope of this adaptation, importance shall be attached to the following factors, inter alia: