# L_2004349EN.01004201.xml

| 25.11.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 349/42 |
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25.11.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 349/42

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 84/2004

of 8 June 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 the Agreement on the participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in Luxembourg (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in Luxembourg (1).

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 of 8 January 2004 adopting the specifications of the 2005 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 of 8 January 2004 adopting the specifications of the 2005 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (3), is incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (3), is incorporated into the Agreement.

| (4) | Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 repeals Council Directive 78/166/EEC of 13 February 1978 (4), as subsequently amended, which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement, |
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(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 repeals Council Directive 78/166/EEC of 13 February 1978 (4), as subsequently amended, which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following point shall be inserted after point 18ae (Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2003):






  ‘18af. | 32004 R 0029: Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 of 8 January 2004 adopting the specifications of the 2005 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 57).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: | This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’ |
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1.

The following point shall be inserted after point 18ae (Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2003):

‘18af.

32004 R 0029: Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 of 8 January 2004 adopting the specifications of the 2005 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 57).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

| 2. | The text of point 4 shall be deleted. |
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2.

The text of point 4 shall be deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 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 9 June 2004, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 8 June 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

S. GILLESPIE

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(1)  
  OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.

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(2)  
  OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 57.

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(3)  
  OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1.

3

(4)  
  OJ L 52, 23.1.1978, p. 17.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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