# L_2008309EN.01003501.xml

| 20.11.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 309/35 |
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20.11.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 309/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 107/2008

of 26 September 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 92/2008 of 4 July 2008 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 92/2008 of 4 July 2008 (1).

| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement, |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The text of point 4b (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93) of Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

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  32008 R 0177: Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93 (OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 6).

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

| (a) | Variable 1.7a. in the Annex shall not apply for Liechtenstein. |
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(a)

Variable 1.7a. in the Annex shall not apply for Liechtenstein.

| (b) | Liechtenstein shall put into effect the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation by 31 December 2010.’ |
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(b)

Liechtenstein shall put into effect the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation by 31 December 2010.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 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 27 September 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, 26 September 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

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(1)  
  OJ L 280, 23.10.2008, p. 32.

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(2)  
  OJ L 61, 5.3.2008, p. 6.

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(3)  
  OJ L 196, 5.8.1993, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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