EN Official Journal of the European Union C 220/26

Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority concerning derogations by Norway from certain characteristics set out in the Act referred to at point 18wb of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement, Commission Regulation (EU) No 88/2011 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 education and training systems

2013/C 220/14

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto and as referred to at point 18w of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EC) No 452/2008) (1), applies to the production of statistics in three specific domains. Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 allows for, if necessary, limited derogations and transition periods.

Regulation (EU) No 88/2011 of 2 February 2011 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 education and training systems, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto and as referred to at point 18wb of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EU) No 88/2011) (2), lays down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 with regard to the collection, transmission and processing of statistical data in Domain 1 on education and training systems.

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has the competence to grant derogations in accordance with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 as regards applications from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Pursuant to Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 452/2008, Norway applied for derogations from certain characteristics set out in Annex 1 to the Regulation (EU) No 88/2011.

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has granted the following derogations from the characteristics set out in Annex 1 to the Regulation (EU) No 88/2011 until 31 December 2013, in accordance with the opinion of the EFTA Committee on Statistics.

Tables and breakdowns NORWAY — Number of graduations from ISCED 6 in narrow field of education (two-digit level) in Science (ISC4) (rows A14-A17, A47-A50 and A80-A83 in column 12-13) in table GRAD5 — Number of students at ISCED 0 with coverage adjusted to statistics on education personnel (column 2 and rows C1-C3) in table PERS_ENRL2 — Number of students at all ISCED-levels with coverage adjusted to statistics on education personnel by type of institution (rows C1-C3) in table PERS_ENRL2 — Number of classroom teachers at ISCED level 0 (column 2) in table PERS1 — Number of classroom teachers at ISCED level 0 in full-time, part-time and full-time equivalents in private institutions (column 2) in table PERS1 — Number of classroom teachers at ISCED level 3 and by programme orientation (column 7-8) in full-time, part-time and full-time equivalents in table PERS1 — Number of classroom teachers at ISCED level 4 (column 11) and by programme orientation (column 12-13) in full-time, part-time and full-time equivalents in table PERS1 — Number of academic staff in ISCED 5B (column 17) in full-time, part-time and full-time equivalents in table PERS1 — Number of classroom teachers at all ISCED levels in private institutions (rows A50-A53) in table PERS1 — Expenditure of households to educational institutions in table FINANCE1 (rows H1, H4, H5, H18 and H20) — Expenditure of other private entities to educational institutions in table FINANCE1 (rows E1, E4, E5, E10, E11, E12 and E20) — Expenditure for ancillary services in public institutions in table FINANCE2 (row X30)

(1) Joint Committee Decision No 125/2008 (OJ L 339, 18.12.2008, p. 118 and EEA Supplement No 79, 18.12.2008, p. 27), e.i.f. 8 November 2008.

(2) Joint Committee Decision No 159/2011 (OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 46 and EEA Supplement No 15, 15.3.2012, p. 52), e.i.f. 3 December 2011.