29.6.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/101

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 51/2006

of 28 April 2006

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 16/2006 of 27 January 2006 (1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 on the compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (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 shall be added in point 2 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98):

‘, as amended by:

—

32005 R 1158: Regulation (EC) No 1158/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 1).’

2.

The following point shall be inserted after point 19s (Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘19t.

32005 R 1161: Regulation (EC) No 1161/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 on the compilation of quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 22).

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

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) Nos 1158/2005 and 1161/2005 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 29 April 2006, 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, 28 April 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

R. WRIGHT

(1)   OJ L 92, 30.3.2006, p. 45.

(2)   OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 1.

(3)   OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 22.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.