L_2004349EN.01003401.xml

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 76/2004

of 8 June 2004

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended 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)

Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in Luxembourg (1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2327/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2003 establishing a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 26d (Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/94) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘26e.

32003 R 2327: Regulation (EC) No 2327/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2003 establishing a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 30).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)	Annex II to the Regulation is renamed Annex III;

(b)

the following shall be inserted after Annex I to the Regulation:

“ANNEX II

Points available for 2004, 2005 and 2006

	2004	2005	2006
Iceland	572	544	515
Liechtenstein	104 000	98 527	93 053
Norway	26 299	24 915	23 531 ”

’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2327/2003 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 9 June 2004, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

S. GILLESPIE

(1) OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 30.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.