EN Official Journal of the European Union L 171/45

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 44/2011

of 1 April 2011

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 112/2010 of 1 October 2010 (1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 821/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 822/2010 of 17 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises, as regards the data to be collected, the sampling, precision and quality requirements (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1) the following point shall be inserted after point 28e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1023/2009): ‘28f. 32010 R 0821: Commission Regulation (EU) No 821/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 1).’;

(2) the following shall be added in point 18r (Commission Regulation (EC) No 198/2006): ‘, as amended by: — 32010 R 0822: Commission Regulation (EU) No 822/2010 of 17 September 2010 (OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 18).’;

(3) the following point shall be inserted after point 18w (Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘18wa. 32010 R 0823: Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 of 17 September 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning (OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 33).’.

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) No 821/2010, (EU) No 822/2010 and (EU) No 823/2010 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 2 April 2011, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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, 1 April 2011. For the EEA Joint Committee The Acting President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 332, 16.12.2010, p. 62.

(2) OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 18.

(4) OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 33.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.