EEA Agreement: amending annex II (volatile organic compound VOC emissions)

OBJECTIVE: Extension of Decision 94/63/EC on volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions to the EEA. SUBSTANCE: In the context of extending Community legislation to the EEA, this draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee aims to extend Decision 94/63/EC on VOCs to the EEA as it would normally be integrated into the EEA agreement immediately after its adoption at Community level. As the draft includes a new derogation from the Community version (a derogation to permit Iceland to use fixed roof tank storage installations at existing terminals serviced by ships with a throughput of less than 5000 metric tonnes per year), the draft had to be referred to the Council to establish the Community position, pursuant to Council Regulation 2894/94 concerning the arrangements for implementing the EEA agreement. Adoption of the draft was therefore delayed and this delay should be remedied by the draft's rapid adoption by the Council after Parliament has given its opinion. �