Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 17/2003

of 31 January 2003

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 153/2002 of 8 November 2002(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 113/2002 of 23 January 2002 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with regard to revised classifications of expenditure according to purpose(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:

"- 32002 R 0113: Commission Regulation (EC) No 113/2002 of 23 January 2002 (OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 3)."

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 113/2002 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 1 February 2003, 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 Union.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2003.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 19, 23.1.2003, p. 50.

(2) OJ L 21, 24.1.2002, p. 3.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.