EN Official Journal of the European Union L 304/21

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 103/2009

of 25 September 2009

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 89/2009 of 3 July 2009 (1).

(2) Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 repeals Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 (5), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(6) Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 (6), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(7) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 (7), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the text of point 25a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91) shall be replaced by the following: ‘32009 R 0218: Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (recast) (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70).’;

2. the text of point 25b (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93) shall be replaced by the following: ‘32009 R 0217: Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (recast) (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 42).’;

3. the text of point 25c (Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95) shall be replaced by the following: ‘32009 R 0216: Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (recast) (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 216/2009, (EC) No 217/2009 and (EC) No 218/2009 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 26 September 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (8).

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, 25 September 2009. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 277, 22.10.2009, p. 41.

(2) OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 42.

(4) OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70.

(5) OJ L 270, 13.11.1995, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1.

(8) No constitutional requirements indicated.