22002D0289

Decision No 9/2001

of 21 November 2001

of the Joint Committee established under the Agreement on Mutual Recognition between the European Community and the United States of America related to the withdrawal of Conformity Assessment Bodies under the Sectoral Annexes on Telecommunication Equipment and Electromagnetic Compatibility

(2002/289/EC)

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on Mutual Recognition between the European Community and the United States of America and in particular Article 9 and 14,

Whereas the Joint Committee is to take a decision to withdraw a Conformity Assessment Body or Bodies listed under a Sectoral Annex,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Conformity Assessment Body in Attachment A is withdrawn from the list of Conformity Assessment Bodies under column "US access to the EC market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on Telecommunication Equipment.

2. The Conformity Assessment Body in Attachment B is withdrawn from the list of Conformity Assessment Bodies under column "EC access to the US market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on Electromagnetic Compatibility.

3. The Parties shall continue to accept the results of conformity assessment procedures performed, if any, by the Conformity Assessment Bodies in Attachments A and B prior to this decision, unless a Regulatory Authority of a Party decides otherwise based on health, safety and environmental considerations or failure to satisfy other requirements within the scope of the applicable Sectoral Annex.

4. This Decision, done in duplicate, shall be signed by representatives of the Joint Committee who are authorised to act on behalf of the Parties for purposes of amending the Agreement. This Decision shall be effective from the date of the later of these signatures.

Washington DC, 15 November 2001.

Brussels, 21 November 2001.

On behalf of the United States of America

Catherine Novelli

On behalf of the European Community

Robert Madelin

Attachment A

US Conformity Assessment Body withdrawn from the list of Conformity Assessment Bodies under column "US access to the EC market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on Telecommunication Equipment

Integrity Test & Design, an Entela Company 37-7 Ayer Road Littleton, Massachusetts, 01460 USA Tel. (1-616) 247 05 15 Fax (1-616) 247 75 27

Attachment B

EC Conformity Assessment Body withdrawn from the list of Conformity Assessment Bodies under column "EC access to the US market" in Section V of the Sectoral Annex on Electromagnetic Compatibility

BULL SA BP 20845 357, avenue du Général Patton F - 49008 Angers Cedex Tel. (33) 2 41 73 75 11 Fax (33) 2 41 73 74 74