# L_2020068EN.01008501.xml

| 5.3.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 68/85 |
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5.3.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 68/85

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 327/2019

of 13 December 2019

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2020/345]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 repeals Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 repeals Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 23 (Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

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  32018 R 1091: Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011 (OJ L 200, 7.8.2018, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

| (a) | The EFTA States shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of data as required by this Regulation. |
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(a)

The EFTA States shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of data as required by this Regulation.

| (b) | The EFTA States shall not be bound to collect “Vineyard”-module in Article 7(h) and as listed in Annex IV of the Regulation, also including any ad-hoc data supplementing the three mentioned modules due to Article 9. |
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(b)

The EFTA States shall not be bound to collect “Vineyard”-module in Article 7(h) and as listed in Annex IV of the Regulation, also including any ad-hoc data supplementing the three mentioned modules due to Article 9.

| (c) | This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’ |
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(c)

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 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 14 December 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

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, 13 December 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 200, 7.8.2018, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated

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