Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 22/2002

of 1 March 2002

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 86/2001 of 19 June 2001(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 of 22 May 2001 implementing Regulation (EC) No 2516/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council modifying the common principles of the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community (ESA 95) as concerns taxes and social contributions(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

"- 32001 R 0995: Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 of 22 May 2001 (OJ L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 3)."

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement of the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 2 March 2002 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, 1 March 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 238, 6.9.2001, p. 39.

(2) OJ L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 3.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.