Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 53/2001

of 30 March 2001

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 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 24/2001 of the EEA Joint Committee of 23 February 2001(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/1999 of 27 May 1999 concerning the definitions of characteristics for insurance services statistics(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the technical format for the transmission of insurance services statistics(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1228/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the series of data to be produced for insurance services statistics(4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 1d (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1618/1999) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

"1e. 399 R 1225: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1225/1999 of 27 May 1999 concerning the definitions of characteristics for insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 1).

1f. 399 R 1227: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the technical format for the transmission of insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 75).

1g. 399 R 1228: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1228/1999 of 28 May 1999 concerning the series of data to be produced for insurance services statistics (OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 91)."

Article 2

The texts of Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 1225/1999, 1227/1999 and 1228/1999 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 31 March 2001, 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 Communities.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 117, 26.4.2001, p. 33.

(2) OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 75.

(4) OJ L 154, 19.6.1999, p. 91.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.