EN Official Journal of the European Union L 366/79

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 136/2006

of 27 October 2006

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 126/2006 of 22 September 2006 (1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2006 of 2 May 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards definitions and updated definitions (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Council Regulation (EC) No 701/2006 of 25 April 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the temporal coverage of price collection in the harmonised index of consumer prices (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 repeals Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 452/2000 (5) and 72/2002 (6), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,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 following shall be added in point 18j (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003): ‘, as amended by: — 32006 R 0676: Commission Regulation (EC) No 676/2006 of 2 May 2006 (OJ L 118, 3.5.2006, p. 3).’

2. The text of point 18f (Commission Regulation (EC) No 72/2002) shall be replaced by the following: ‘32006 R 0698: Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings (OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 30).’

3. The text of point 18da (Commission Regulation (EC) No 452/2000) shall be deleted.

4. The following point shall be inserted after point 19v (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005): ‘19w. 32006 R 0701: Council Regulation (EC) No 701/2006 of 25 April 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the temporal coverage of price collection in the harmonized index of consumer prices (OJ L 122, 9.5.2006, p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 676/2006, No 698/2006 and No 701/2006 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 28 October 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (7).

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, 27 October 2006. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 333, 30.11.2006, p. 57.

(2) OJ L 118, 3.5.2006, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 121, 6.5.2006, p. 30.

(4) OJ L 122, 9.5.2006, p. 3.

(5) OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 53.

(6) OJ L 15, 17.1.2002, p. 7.

(7) Constitutional requirements indicated.