EEA agreement: amending annex IV (energy, electricity)

PURPOSE: to amend Annex IV of the EEA Agreement concerning energy with a view to incorporating the recently adopted Community acquis in this field. CONTENT: in order to ensure the required legal security and homogeneity, the joint EEA Committee has to integrate all the Community legislation relevant to the EEA Agreement as soon as possible following its adoption. Council Regulation 2824/94/EC concerning certain aspects of application of the EEA Agreement provides that the Council, following consultation with the European Parliament, adopts the Community's position regarding decisions extending Community legislation that involve substantial amendment. This draft decision seeks, in particular, to modify Annex IV of the EEA Agreement with a view to inserting certain comitology aspects.�