12.6.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/36

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 18/2008

of 1 February 2008

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 170/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/2007 of 18 July 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 amending certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains implementing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 (3) 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 28b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2006):

‘28c.

32007 R 0847: Commission Regulation (EC) No 847/2007 of 18 July 2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L 187, 19.7.2007, p. 5).’;

2)

the following indent shall be added in points 18ai (Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005), 18db (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1916/2000), 18e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999) and 18h (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2003):

‘—

32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).’;

3)

the following shall be added in points 4ac (Commission Regulation (EC) No 912/2004), 7e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2163/2001), 18m (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003), 27a (Commission Regulation (EC) No 782/2005), 30 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004) and 31 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004):

‘, as amended by:

—

32007 R 0973: Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2007 of 20 August 2007 (OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 847/2007 and (EC) No 973/2007 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 2 February 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (4).

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, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(1)  OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 38.

(2)  OJ L 187, 19.7.2007, p. 5.

(3)  OJ L 216, 21.8.2007, p. 10.

(4)  No constitutional requirements indicated.