# L_2005268EN.01001901.xml

| 13.10.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 268/19 |
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13.10.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 268/19

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 85/2005

of 10 June 2005

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 69/2005 of 29 April 2005 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 69/2005 of 29 April 2005 (1).

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 of 26 January 2005 on the treatment of repayments of VAT to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities, for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 of 26 January 2005 on the treatment of repayments of VAT to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities, for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

| (3) | This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein, |
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(3)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 19q (Council Regulation (EC) No 1222/2004) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

| ‘19r. | 32005 R 0116: Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 of 26 January 2005 on the treatment of repayments of VAT to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities, for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 6).
  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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‘19r.

32005 R 0116: Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 of 26 January 2005 on the treatment of repayments of VAT to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities, for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 6).

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.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 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 11 June 2005, 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, 10 June 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Richard WRIGHT

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(1)  
  OJ L 239, 15.9.2005, p. 59.

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(2)  
  OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 6.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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