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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/1999 of 24 September 1999 amending Annex XXI (statistics) to the EEA Agreement

Official Journal L 325 , 21/12/2000 P. 0041 - 0042

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 123/1999

of 24 September 1999

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 14/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 29 January 1999(1).

(2) It has become necessary, in order to maintain the homogeneity of the Agreement in the area of statistics and in order to ensure the production and dissemination of coherent and comparable statistical information for describing and monitoring all relevant economic, social and environmental aspects of the European Economic Area, to incorporate into Annex XXI to the Agreement two legal acts adopted by the European Community during the time which has passed since the last amendments were made to Annex XXI,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The texts of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98(2), and Council Regulation (EC) No 448/98(3) in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 25 September 1999, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

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, 24 September 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

N. v. Liechtenstein

(1) OJ L 112, 11.5.2000, p. 73.

(2) OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 58, 27.2.1998, p. 1.

ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/1999

Annex XXI (statistics) to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as specified below.

A. BUSINESS STATISTICS

The following point shall be added in point 1 (Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97) before the adaptations : ", as amended by:

- 398 R 0410: Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 410/98 of 16 February 1998 (OJ L 52, 21.2.1998, p. 1)."

B. ECONOMIC STATISTICS

The following shall be added in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96) before the adaptations : ", as amended by:

- 398 R 0448: Council Regulation (EC) No 448/98 of 16 February 1998 (OJ L 58, 27.2.1998, p. 1)."