# L_2008182EN.01001701.xml

| 10.7.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 182/17 |
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10.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 182/17

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 27/2008

of 14 March 2008

amending Annex IV (Energy) and 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 IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2007 of 26 October 2007 (1). |
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(1)

Annex IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2007 of 26 October 2007 (1).

| (2) | Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2008 of 1 February 2008 (2). |
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(2)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2008 of 1 February 2008 (2).

| (3) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 586/2001 on implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics as regards the definition of main industrial groupings (MIGS) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (4) | Commission Decision 2007/394/EC of 7 June 2007 amending Council Directive 90/377/EEC with regard to the methodology to be applied for the collection of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(4)

Commission Decision 2007/394/EC of 7 June 2007 amending Council Directive 90/377/EEC with regard to the methodology to be applied for the collection of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (5) | Council Directive 2006/108/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 90/377/EEC and 2001/77/EC in the field of energy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (5), which was incorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2007 (6), should also be added in Annex XXI of the Agreement, |
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(5)

Council Directive 2006/108/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 90/377/EEC and 2001/77/EC in the field of energy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (5), which was incorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2007 (6), should also be added in Annex XXI of the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 7 (Council Directive 90/377/EEC) of Annex IV to the Agreement:

| ‘— | 32007 D 0394: Commission Decision 2007/394/EC of 7 June 2007 (OJ L 148, 9.6.2007, p. 11).’ |
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32007 D 0394: Commission Decision 2007/394/EC of 7 June 2007 (OJ L 148, 9.6.2007, p. 11).’

Article 2

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1) | The following shall be added in point 2a (Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/2001):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32007 R 0656: Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 3).’ |
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1)

The following shall be added in point 2a (Commission Regulation (EC) No 586/2001):

‘, as amended by:

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32007 R 0656: Commission Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 of 14 June 2007 (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 3).’

| 2) | The following indents shall be added in point 26 (Council Directive 90/377/EEC):






  ‘— | 32006 L 0108: Council Directive 2006/108/EC of 20 November 2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 414), |
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2)

The following indents shall be added in point 26 (Council Directive 90/377/EEC):

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32006 L 0108: Council Directive 2006/108/EC of 20 November 2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 414),

| — | 32007 D 0394: Commission Decision 2007/394/EC of 7 June 2007 (OJ L 148, 9.6.2007, p. 11).’ |
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32007 D 0394: Commission Decision 2007/394/EC of 7 June 2007 (OJ L 148, 9.6.2007, p. 11).’

Article 3

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 656/2007 and Decision 2007/394/EC 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 15 March 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

Article 5

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, 14 March 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

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(1)  
  OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 154,12.6.2008, p. 36.

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(3)  
  OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 3.

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(4)  
  OJ L 148, 9.6.2007, p. 11.

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(5)  
  OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 414.

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(6)  
  OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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