# L_2009162EN.01003501.xml

| 25.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 162/35 |
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25.6.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 162/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 53/2009

of 24 April 2009

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 38/2009 of 17 March 2009 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/2009 of 17 March 2009 (1).

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006 and (EC) No 657/2007 as regards adaptations following the revision of statistical classifications NACE and CPA (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006 and (EC) No 657/2007 as regards adaptations following the revision of statistical classifications NACE and CPA (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent shall be added in point 2 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98):






  ‘— | 32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).’ |
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1.

The following indent shall be added in point 2 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98):

‘—

32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).’

| 2. | The following shall be added in point 2c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).’, |
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2.

The following shall be added in point 2c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006):

‘, as amended by:

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32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).’,

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 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 25 April 2009, 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, 24 April 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

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(1)  
  OJ L 130, 28.5.2009, p. 33.

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(2)  
  OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16.

2

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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