EN Official Journal of the European Union L 342/53

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 145/2014

of 27 June 2014

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) Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 408/2011 of 27 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards transmission format (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 656/2011 of 7 July 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards definitions and list of active substances (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is inserted after point 24c (Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:

‘24d. 32009 R 1185: Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Liechtenstein is exempted from collecting data as required by this Regulation.

24da. 32011 R 0408: Commission Regulation (EU) No 408/2011 of 27 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards transmission format (OJ L 108, 28.4.2011, p. 21).

24db. 32011 R 0656: Commission Regulation (EU) No 656/2011 of 7 July 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on pesticides, as regards definitions and list of active substances (OJ L 180, 8.7.2011, p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1185/2009, (EU) No 408/2011 and (EU) No 656/2011 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 June 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (4), or on the day of the entry into force of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee incorporating Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council (5), whichever is the later.

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 June 2014. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 108, 28.4.2011, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 180, 8.7.2011, p. 3.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(5) OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.