23.2.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 53/60

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 156/2005

of 2 December 2005

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

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)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 128/2005 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 of 15 March 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the codification to be used for data transmission from 2006 onwards and the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Commission Decision 2005/288/EC of 18 March 2005 amending Decision 97/80/EC on provisions for the implementation of Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk products (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 of 15 March 2005 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

the following point shall be inserted after point 18ah (Commission Regulation (EC) No 388/2005):

‘18ai.

32005 R 0430: Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 of 15 March 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the codification to be used for data transmission from 2006 onwards and the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables (OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 36).’;

2.

the following indent shall be added in point 22 (Commission Decision 97/80/EC):

‘—

32005 D 0288: Commission Decision 2005/288/EC (OJ L 88, 7.4.2005, p. 10).’;

3.

the following indent shall be added in point 25a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91):

‘—

32005 R 0448: Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 (OJ L 74, 19.3.2005, p. 5).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 430/2005 and (EC) No 448/2005 and Decision 2005/288/EC 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 3 December 2005, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

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, 2 December 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(1)   OJ L 339, 22.12.2005, p. 53.

(2)   OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 36.

(3)   OJ L 88, 7.4.2005, p. 10.

(4)   OJ L 74, 19.3.2005, p. 5.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.