Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 80/2000

of 2 October 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 No 23/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee of 25 February 2000(1).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The text of point 2 (Council Directive 72/211/EEC) of Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

"398 R 1165: Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) Iceland shall supply the data of variables 120 and 210 of Modules A and D, the data of variable 210 of Module B and the data of variables 120, 123 and 210 of Module C.

(b) Liechtenstein shall supply the data of variable 210 of Module A, the data of variables 135, 210 and 411 of Module B, the data of variable 210 of Module C and the data of variable 210 of Module D.

(c) Iceland and Liechtenstein shall supply data as from the first quarter of 2000."

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 3 October 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(3).

Article 4

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, 2 October 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

G. S. Gunnarsson

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(2) OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.