Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 62/2000

of 28 June 2000

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted 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 23/2000 of 25 February 2000(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96, concerning the sub-indices of the harmonised indices of consumer prices(2), as corrected by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 - as regards minimum standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following is added in point 19c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

", as amended by:

- 399 R 1749: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59,

- 399 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9).'"

Article 2

The following point is inserted after point 19g (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

"19h. 399 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 - as regards minimum standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9)."

Article 3

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1749/1999 as corrected by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59 and (EC) No 1617/1999 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, are authentic.

Article 4

This Decision enters into force on 29 June 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

Article 5

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal

(2) OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.