Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 17/98 of 6 March 1998 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1998-03-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, European Economic Area, agreement (EU), dissemination of information, harmonisation of standards, information processing

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DECISION  OF  THE  EEA  JOINT  COMMITTEE

No  17/98

of  6  March  1998

amending  Annex  XXI  (Statistics)  to  the  EEA  Agreement

THE  EEA  JOINT  COMMITTEE,

Having  regard  to  the  Agreement  on  the  European  Economic  Area,  as  adjusted  by  the  Protocol
adjusting  the  Agreement  on  the  European  Economic  Area,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘the
Agreement’,  and  in  particular  Article  98  thereof,

Whereas  Annex  XXI  to  the  Agreement  was  amended  by  Decision  of  the  EEA  Joint  Committee
No  7/94 (1);

Whereas it has become necessary, in order to maintain the homogeneity of the Agreement in the
area  of  statistics  and  in  order  to  ensure  the  production  and  dissemination  of  coherent  and
comparable  statistical  information  for  describing  and  monitoring  all  relevant  economic,  social
and  environmental  aspects  of  the  European  Economic  Area,  to  incorporate  into  Annex  XXI  to
the  Agreement  a  number  of  legal  acts  adopted  by  the  European  Community  during  the  time
which  has  passed  since  the  last  amendments  were  made  to  Annex  XXI,

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

Annex  XXI  to  the  Agreement  shall  be  amended  as  specified  in  the  Annex  to  this  Decision.

Article  2

The  texts  of  Council  Directive  95/64/EC,  Euratom (2),  Council  Directive  95/57/EC (3),  Council
Regulation  (EC)  No  1172/95 (4),  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  68/96 (5),  Commission
Regulation  (EC)  No  840/96 (6),  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2744/95 (7),  Council  Regulation
(EC)  No  2494/95 (8),  Commission  Decision  96/14/EC (9),  Commission  Decision  96/170/EC (10),
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  959/93 (11),  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2597/95 (12)  and  Council
Regulation (EC) No 788/96 (13) in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to
the  respective  language  versions  of  this  Decision,  are  authentic.

(1) OJ  L  160,  28.6.1994,  p.  1.
(2) OJ  L  320,  30.12.1995,  p.  25.
(3) OJ  L  291,  6.12.1995,  p.  32.
(4) OJ  L  118,  25.5.1995,  p.  10.
(5) OJ  L  14,  19.1.1996,  p.  6.
(6) OJ  L  114,  8.5.1996,  p.  7.
(7) OJ  L  287,  30.11.1995,  p.  3.
(8) OJ  L  257,  27.10.1995,  p.  1.
(9) OJ  L  4,  6.1.1996,  p.  14.
(10) OJ  L  47,  24.2.1996,  p.  23.
(11) OJ  L  98,  24.4.1993,  p.  1.
(12) OJ  L  270,  13.11.1995,  p.  1.
(13) OJ  L  108,  1.5.1996,  p.  1.

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Article  3

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  7  March  1998  provided  that  all  the  notifications  under
Article  103(1)  of  the  Agreement  have  been  made  to  the  EEA  Joint  Committee.

Article  4

This  Decision  shall  be  published  in  the  EEA  section  of,  and  in  the  EEA  supplement  to,  the
Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities.

Done  at  Brussels,  6  March  1998.

For  the  EEA  Joint  Committee

The  President

F.  BARBASO

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ANNEX

Annex  XXI  (Statistics)  to  the  EEA  Agreement  shall  be  amended  as  specified  below.

A. TRANSPORT STATISTICS

The heading ‘Transport statistics’ shall be replaced by the heading ‘Transport and tourism statistics’. Under
this  heading  the  following  new  points  shall  be  inserted  after  point  7a  (Council  Decision  93/704/EC):

‘7b 395 L 0064:  Council  Directive  95/64/EC  of  8  December  1995  on  statistical  return  in  respect  of

carriage  of  goods  and  passengers  by  sea  (OJ  L  320,  30.12.1995,  p.  25).

The  provisions  of  the  Directive  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  the  present  Agreement,  be  read  with  the
following  adaptations:

(a)

in Article 10(2) the following indent shall be added after “— data relating to the nationality of
the  maritime  transport  operator”:

“— handling  of  and  reporting  from  small  ports  (not  selected  ports)”;

(b)

in  Annex  V  the  following  shall  be  added  after  the  entry  of  French  Antarctic  Territory:

0281 Norway

0282 Norway  (NIS),  Norwegian  International  Shipping  register.

7c. 395 L 0057:  Council  Directive  95/57/EC  of  23  November  1995  on  the  collection  of  statistical

information  in  the  field  of  tourism  (OJ  L  291,  6.12.1995,  p.  32).

The  provisions  of  the  Directive  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  the  present  Agreement,  be  read  with  the
following  adaptations:

(a)

the  EFTA  States  shall  not  be  bound  by  the  regional  breakdown  of  the  data  specified  by
Article  6;

(b) Liechtenstein is exempted from collecting the data as required by this Directive in part C of the

Annex  thereto.’

B. FOREIGN  AND  COMMUNITY  INTERNAL  TRADE  STATISTICS

1. The heading ‘Foreign and Community internal trade statistics’ shall be replaced by the heading ‘Foreign

trade  statistics’.

2. Point  8  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘8. 395 R 1172: Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the
trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (OJ L 118,
25.5.1995,  p.  10).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the
following  adaptations:

(a)

in  Articles  1  and  2  “non-member  countries”  shall  be  understood  as  meaning  all  countries
other  than  the  reporting  country;

(b)

the  text  of  Article  3  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

The  statistical  territory  of  the  EEA  shall,  in  principle,  comprise  the  customs  territories
“1.
of  the  Contracting  Parties.  The  Contracting  Parties  shall  define  their  statistical  territories
accordingly.

The statistical territory of the Community shall comprise the customs territory as defined

2.
in  Article  3  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2913/92.

3.
For  the  EFTA  States  the  statistical  territory  shall  comprise  the  customs  territory.
However,  for  Norway,  the  Svalbard  Archipelago  and  the  Jan  Mayen  Island  shall  be  included
in  the  statistical  territory.”

(c)

the  classification  referred  to  in  Article  8(2)  shall  be  made  at  least  down  to  the  first  six
digits;

(d) Article  10(1)(h)  shall  not  apply.’

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3. Point  9  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘9. 396 R 0068:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  68/96  of  18  January  1996  on  the  country
nomenclature  for  the  external  trade  statistics  of  the  Community  and  statistics  of  trade  between
Member  States  (OJ  L  14,  19.1.1996,  p.  6).’

4. Point  10  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘10. 396 R 0840:  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  840/96  of  7  May  1996  laying  down  certain
provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on
external  trade  (OJ  L  114,  8.5.1996,  p.  7).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the
following  adaptations:

(a)

the  reference  to  Regulation  (EC)  No  2454/96  in  Article  6(1)  is  not  applicable;

(b)

the  following  new  subparagraph  shall  be  added  to  Article  7(1)(a):

“For  the  EFTA  States  ‘country  of  origin’  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  country  in  which  the
goods  originated  within  the  meaning  of  the  respective  national  rules  of  origin.”;

(c)

the  following  new  subparagraph  shall  be  added  to  Article  9(2):

“For  the  EFTA  States  ‘the  customs  value’  shall  be  defined  within  the  respective  national
rules.”;

(d) Article  11(2)  is  not  applicable;

(e) Section  2  (Articles  16  to  19)  is  not  applicable.’

5. The  texts  of  the  following  points  shall  be  deleted:

— point  11  (Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3345/80),

— point  12  (Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  200/83),

— point  13  (Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3367/87),

— point  14  (Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3522/87),

— point  15  (Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3678/87),  and

— point  16  (Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  455/88).

C. DEMOGRAPHICAL  AND  SOCIAL  STATISTICS

The  following  new  point  shall  be  inserted  after  point  18a  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3711/91):

‘18b. 395 R 2744:  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2744/95  of  27  November  1995  on  statistics  on  the

structure  and  distribution  of  earnings  (OJ  L  287,  30.11.1995,  p.  3).

The  provisions  of  the  Regulation  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  the  present  Agreement,  be  read  with
the  following  adaptations:

(a)

in  the  Annex  the  following  shall  be  added  under  “I.  Exceptions  to  the  reference  period”,
after  “2.  For  Austria”:

“3. For  Iceland:  the  financial  year  of  1997  on  the  condition  of  providing  estimates  for  the

reference  year  1996;

4. For  Norway:  the  financial  year  of  1996  and  a  corresponding  representative  month.”;

(b)

in the Annex the following shall be added under “II. Exceptions to the scope of the survey”,
after  “3.  For  Ireland”:

“4. For  Iceland:  sections  H,  J  and  K;

5. For  Norway:  section  H.”;

(c)

the  EFTA  States  shall  not  be  bound  by  the  regional  breakdown  of  the  data  required  by
Articles  5.1  and  7;

(d) Liechtenstein  shall  be  exempted  from  collecting  the  data  required  by  this  Regulation.’

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D. NATIONAL  ACCOUNTS  GDP

The  heading  ‘National  accounts  GDP’  shall  be  replaced  by  the  heading  ‘Economic  statistics’.  Under  this
heading  the  following  new  point  shall  be  inserted  after  point  19  (Council  Directive  89/130/EEC,
Euratom):

‘19a. 395  R  2494:  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2494/95  of  23  October  1995  concerning  harmonised

indices  of  consumer  prices  (OJ  L  257,  27.10.1995,  p  1).

For  the  EFTA  States  the  Regulation  applies  to  the  harmonisation  of  consumer  price  indices  for
international  comparisons.  It  is  not  relevant  as  regards  the  explicit  purposes  of  calculating
harmonised  CPIs  in  the  context  of  economic  and  monetary  union.

The  provisions  of  the  Regulation  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  the  present  Agreement,  be  read  with
the  following  adaptations:

(a) Article  2c,  as  well  as  references  to  MUICP  in  Articles  8(1)  and  11,  are  not  applicable;

(b) Article  5(1)(a)  is  not  applicable;

(c) Article  5(2)  is  not  applicable;

(d)

the  consultation  of  the  EMI  as  specified  in  Article  5(3)  is  not  applicable;

(e) Liechtenstein  shall  be  exempted  from  collecting  the  data  required  by  this  Regulation.’

E. AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS

1.

In  point  23 
(Council  Regulation 
Decision  93/156/EEC)  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

(EEC)  No  571/88) 

the 

second 

indent 

(Commission

‘— 396 D 0014:  Commission  Decision  96/14/EC  of  19  December  1995  (OJ  L  4,  6.1.1996,  p.  14);

with  the  following  entries  added  in  Article  2,  after  Sweden:

Iceland

30  November  1996

Norway

30  November  1996

— 396 D 0170:  Commission  Decision  96/170/EC  of  15  February  1996  (OJ  L  47,  24.2.1996,

p.  23).’

2.

In  point  23  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  571/88)  adaptation  (c)  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘Article  8(2),  the  reference  to  “Decision  83/461/EEC,  as  amended  by  Decisions  85/622/EEC  and
85/643/EEC”  shall  be  replaced  by  a  reference  to  “Decision  89/65/EEC  and  Decision  96/170/EC”.  Two
new footnotes shall be added at the bottom of the page: “OJ L 391, 30.12.1989, p. 1” and “OJ L 47,
24.2.1996,  p.  23”’.

3.

In  point  23  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  571/88)  adaptation  (e)  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘(e)

In  Annex  I  of  Commission  Decision  96/170/EC  appropriate  footnotes  shall  be  added  marking  the
following  variables  as  optional  for  the  indicated  countries:

B.02:

Optional  for  Iceland.

C.03:

Optional  for  Iceland.

D.14(a): Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

D.14(b): Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

D.16:

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

E:

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

G.05:

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

G.06:

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

G.07:

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

I.01:

Optional  for  Norway.

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I.02:

Optional  for  Norway.

I.07(b):

Information  on  capacity  is  optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

I.08:

J.03:

J.04:

J.11:

J.12:

J.13:

J.16:

J.17:

K:

L:

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

Optional  for  Iceland.

Optional  for  Iceland.

Breakdown  on  piglets,  breeding  sows  and  other  pigs  optional  for  Iceland.

Breakdown  on  piglets,  breeding  sows  and  other  pigs  optional  for  Iceland.

Breakdown  on  piglets,  breeding  sows  and  other  pigs  optional  for  Iceland.

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

Optional  for  Iceland  and  Norway.

Optional  for  Iceland.

Iceland  is  allowed  to  provide  the  variables  of  the  table  on  a  higher  aggregation  level.’

4. The  following  new  point  shall  be  inserted  after  point  24  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  837/90):

‘24a. 393 R 0959:  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  959/93  of  5  April  1993  concerning  statistical
information  to  be  supplied  by  Member  States  on  crop  products  other  than  cereals  (OJ  L 98,
24.4.1993,  p. 1).

The  provisions  of  the  Regulation  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  the  present  Agreement,  be  read  with
the  following  adaptations:

(a)

in  Annex  VI,  the  following  shall  be  added  after  the  entry  for  the  United  Kingdom:

“Iceland:

—

Norway:

—”;

(b)

in  Annex  VIII,  the  following  shall  be  added  after  the  United  Kingdom  entry:

“Cronos  code

Main  area  or  recorded  area  by  crop

1300

1320

1311

1335

1331

1343

1341

1342

1349

1350

1360

1370

1381

1382

1400

1420

1430

1470

B. Dried  pulses

Field  peas

Other  peas

Broad  and 
1338)

Kidney  beans

Lupins

field  beans 

(including

Other  dried  pulses

C. Root  crops

Potatoes

Sugar  beet

Fodder  beet

Other  root  crops

D. Industrial  crops

Rape  and  turnip  rape

Sunflower  seed

Soya  beans

1460  and  1520

Fibre  flax  and  linseed

IS

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Q

Q

—

—

—

Q

m

—

—

—

N

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Q

Q

—

—

m

Q

Q

—

—

—

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Cronos  code

Main  area  or  recorded  area  by  crop

1490  and  1540

Cotton  and  cotton  seed

1480  (excluding  1490)

Other  oil  seeds
(e.g.  poppy,  mustard,  sesame,  etc.)

1530

1550

1560

Hemp

Tobacco

Hops

1570  to  1571

Other  industrial  crops

E. Total  fodder  (from  arable  land)

Green  fodder  from  arable  land

Green maize

Temporary  grasses  and  grazings

IS

—

—

—

—

—

—

Q

Q

—

Q

N

—

—

—

—

—

—

Q

Q

—

Q

Other  green  fodder

Q

Q

2600

2610

2625

2680

2612

2671

2672

2673

1600  and  2260

F. Fresh  vegetables

3001

3310

2696

G. Flowers  and  ornamental  plants

H. Areas  harvested  for  seed

I. Fallow  including  green  manures

m

m

m

m

m

m

m

m”

(c) Liechtenstein  shall  be  exempted  from  collecting  the  data  required  by  this  Regulation.’

F. FISHERY  STATISTICS

The  following  new  points  shall  be  added  after  point  25b  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2018/93):

‘25c. 395 R 2597:  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2597/95  of  23  October  1995  on  the  submission  of
nominal  catch  statistics  by  Member  States  fishing  in  certain  areas  other  than  those  of  the  North
Atlantic  (OJ  L 270,  13.11.1995,  p. 1).

25d. 396 R 0788: Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96 of 22 April 1996 on the submission by Member

States  of  statistics  on  aquaculture  production  (OJ  L 108,  1.5.1996,  p. 1).’