Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 14/2004

of 6 February 2004

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 161/2003 of 7 November 2003(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2000/115/EC of 24 November 1999 relating to the definitions of the characteristics, the list of agricultural products, the exceptions to the definitions and the regions and districts regarding the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings(2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1444/2002 of 24 July 2002 amending Commission Decision 2000/115/EC relating to the definitions of the characteristics, the exceptions to the definitions and the regions and districts regarding the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings(3), is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

"23a. 32000 D 0115: Commission Decision 2000/115/EC of 24 November 1999 relating to the definitions of the characteristics, the list of agricultural products, the exceptions to the definitions and the regions and districts regarding the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings (OJ L 38, 12.2.2000, p. 1), as amended by:

- 32002 R 1444: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1444/2002 of 24 July 2002 (OJ L 216, 12.8.2002, p. 1).

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

(a) point G/05 I (d) of Annex I shall not apply to Norway;

(b) the following subparagraph shall be added in point H/03 II of Annex I:

'4. Non-productive woodland and areas covered with forest shrubs.'

(c) the following subparagraph shall be added in point H/02 II of Annex I:

'In addition, the following shall be excluded for Norway:

- Non-productive woodland and areas covered with forest shrubs.'

(d) the last sentence of Point J/15 II of Annex I shall not apply to Norway;

(e) the following shall be added to the list in II (3) under 'Farm labour force of the holding' in point L (Farm labour force) in Annex I:

'Iceland: 16 years

Liechtenstein: 16 years

Norway: 16 years'"

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2000/115/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1444/2002 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 7 February 2004, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

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, 6 February 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 41, 12.2.2004, p. 60.

(2) OJ L 38, 12.2.2000, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 216, 12.8.2002, p. 1.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.