# L_2008339EN.01011801.xml

| 18.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 339/118 |
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18.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 339/118

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 125/2008

of 7 November 2008

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 108/2008 of 26 September 2008 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 108/2008 of 26 September 2008 (1).

| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 18v (Regulation (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

| ‘18w. | 32008 R 0452: Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  Liechtenstein is exempted from collecting the data required by this Regulation, except for the data on primary and lower secondary level.’ |
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‘18w.

32008 R 0452: Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227).

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

Liechtenstein is exempted from collecting the data required by this Regulation, except for the data on primary and lower secondary level.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 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 8 November 2008, 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, 7 November 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

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(1)  
  OJ L 309, 20.11.2008, p. 37.

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(2)  
  OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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