EEA Agreement: amend. protocol 37 and annex II (technical regulations, standards, testing, certification)

OBJECTIVE: the draft decision by the EEA Joint Committee concerns the amendment of Protocol 37 and Annex II to the EEA Agreement relating to technical regulations, standards, testing and certification, with the aim of integrating the Community acquis recently adopted in this field. SUBSTANCE: in order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant Community legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption. The draft decision is intended to amend Protocol 37 and Annex II to the EEA Agreement to take account of the Community acquis with regard to authorisation and supervision of medicines for human and veterinary use and the setting-up of a European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (the EEA/EFTA States are specifically invited to participate in the Agency). No transition period is provided for.�