# L_2013231EN.01002001.xml

| 29.8.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 231/20 |
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29.8.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 231/20

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 46/2013

of 15 March 2013

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the text of point 30 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004) is replaced by the following:

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  32012 R 0995: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 18).’; |
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(1)

the text of point 30 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004) is replaced by the following:

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  32012 R 0995: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology (OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 18).’;

| (2) | the text of point 31 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004) is deleted. |
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(2)

the text of point 31 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2004) is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 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 16 March 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 15 March 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 18.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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