11.3.2010   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/61

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 156/2009

of 4 December 2009

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 113/2009 of 22 October 2009 (1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2010, Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 (3) and (EEC) No 959/93 (4), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement with effect from 1 January 2010,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

points 24 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90) and 24a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93) shall be renumbered as points 24a and 24aa respectively;

2.

the following point shall be inserted before the new point 24a:

‘24.

32009 R 0543: Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 837/90 and (EEC) No 959/93 (OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Liechtenstein is exempted from collecting the data required by this Regulation.’;

3.

the text of the new points 24a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90) and 24aa (Council Regulation (EEC) No 959/93) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2010.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 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 5 December 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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, 4 December 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1)  OJ L 334, 17.12.2009, p. 15.

(2)  OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 98, 24.4.1993, p. 1.

(5)  No constitutional requirements indicated.