EN Official Journal of the European Union L 161/78

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 286/2015

of 30 October 2015

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1075]

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 Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 (1), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2702/98 (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2003 (4), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 246/2003 (5), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2003 (6), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(7) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004 (7), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(8) Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 (8) was repealed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 (9), which are both incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and consequently the reference to Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

(9) Commission Decision 1999/35/EC (10), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(10) Appendix 1 to Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement has become obsolete and should consequently be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of points 1a (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2700/98), 1b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2701/98), 1c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2702/98), 7d (Commission Decision 1999/35/EC), 18ad (Commission Regulation (EC) No 246/2003), 18ae (Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2003), 18ai (Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005), 23b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2139/2004), 24b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2003) and Appendix 1 of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement is deleted.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 November 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 3

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, 30 October 2015. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda SLETNES

(1) OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 49.

(2) OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 81.

(3) OJ L 344, 18.12.1998, p. 102.

(4) OJ L 12, 17.1.2003, p. 5.

(5) OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 3.

(6) OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 5.

(7) OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 26.

(8) OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 36.

(9) OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57.

(10) OJ L 9, 15.1.1999, p. 23.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.