17.12.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 334/15


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 113/2009

of 22 October 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 103/2009 of 25 September 2009 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2009 of 22 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on innovation (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 31 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

‘—

32009 R 0540: Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2009 of 22 June 2009 (OJ L 160, 23.6.2009, p. 8).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 540/2009 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 23 October 2009, 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, 22 October 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES


(1)   OJ L 304, 19.11.2009, p. 21.

(2)   OJ L 160, 23.6.2009, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.