Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 161/2006

of 8 December 2006

amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine

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) Protocol 47 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 128/2006 of 22 September 2006 [1].

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2006 of 27 April 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes, and Regulation (EC) No 884/2001 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the documents accompanying the carriage of wine products and the records to be kept in the wine sector [2] is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 4 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000) of Appendix 1 of Protocol 47 to the Agreement:

- "‘�32006 R 0643: Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2006 of 27 April 2006 (OJ L 115, 28.4.2006, p. 6)."

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 643/2006 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 December 2006, 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 Union.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen Sletnes

[1] OJ L 333, 30.11.2006, p. 60.

[2] OJ L 115, 28.4.2006, p. 6.

[***] No constitutional requirements indicated.

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