Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/98 of 30 April 1998 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 1998-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, European Economic Area, agreement (EU), economic activity, statistical method, statistical nomenclature

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DECISION  OF  THE  EEA  JOINT  COMMITTEE

No  38/98

of  30  April  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  17/98  of  6  March  1998 (1);

Whereas  the  adaptations  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  696/93  of  15  March  1993  on  the
statistical units for the observation and analysis of the production system in the Community (2),
Council  Directive  78/546/EEC  of  12  June  1978  on  statistical  returns  in  respect  of  carriage  of
goods by road, as part of regional statistics (3), Council Directive 80/1119/EEC of 17 November
1980  on  statistical  returns  in  respect  of  carriage  of  goods  by  inland  waterways (4)  and  Council
Directive 80/1177/EEC of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods
by rail, as part of regional statistics (5) made by Chapter XV, points 1, 4, 5 and 6 respectively,
of  Annex  I  to  the  Act  concerning  the  conditions  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments of the Treaties on which
the  European  Union  is  founded (6)  are  to  incorporated  into  the  Agreement,

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  the  adaptations  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No  696/93,  Directive  78/546/EEC,  Directive
80/1119/EEC  and  Directive  80/1177/EEC  made  by  Chapter  XV,  points  1,  4,  5  and  6
respectively  of  Annex  I  to  the  Act  concerning  the  conditions  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of
Austria,  the  Republic  of  Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and  the  adjustments  to  the
Treaties  on  which  the  European  Union  is  founded  in  the  Icelandic  and  Norwegian  languages,
which  are  annexed  to  the  respective  language  versions  of  this  Decision,  are  authentic.

Article  3

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

(1)  OJ  L  272,  8.10.1998,  p.  24.
(2)  OJ  L  76,  30.3.1993,  p.  1.
(3)  OJ  L  168,  26.6.1978,  p.  29.
(4)  OJ  L  339,  15.12.1980,  p.30.
(5)  OJ  L  350,  23.12.1980,  p.  23.
(6)  OJ  C  241,  29.8.1994,  p.  21,  as  adjusted  by  OJ  L  1,  1.1.1995,  p.  1.

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

Article  4

Done  at  Brussels,  30  April  1998.

For  the  EEA  Joint  Committee

The  President

F.  BARBASO

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ANNEX

to  Decision  No  38/98  of  the  EEA  Joint  Committee

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

1. 

In  paragraph  1  of  the  Sectoral  adaptations,  the  words  ‘Austria,  Finland,’  and  ‘  Sweden’  shall  be
deleted.

2. 

In  point  1  (Council  Directive  64/475/EEC),  the  words  ‘Finland,’  and  ‘,  Sweden’  in  adaptation  (d)  and
‘Austria,  Finland,’  and  ‘,  Sweden’  in  adaptation  (e)  shall  be  deleted.

3. 

In  point  2  (Council  Directive  72/211/EEC),  adaptations  (d)  and  (e)  shall  be  replaced  by  the
following:

‘(c)  Norway  shall  collect  the  data  required  by  this  Directive  from,  at  the  latest,  1995  onwards.’

4. 

In point 3 (Council Directive 72/221/EEC), the words ‘Finland,’ and ‘, Sweden’ in adaptation (d) shall
be  deleted.

5. 

In point 4 (Council Directive 78/166/EEC), the words ‘Austria, Finland,’ and ‘, Sweden’ in adaptation
(e)  shall  be  deleted.

6. 

In  point  4a  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3924/91),  the  words  ‘Finland’  and  ‘and  Sweden’  in
adaptation  (a)  shall  be  deleted,  and  adaptation  (e)  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘(e)  Iceland and Norway shall conduct the survey required by this Regulation from, at the latest, 1995
onwards,  but  they  need  not  provide,  before  1997,  breakdowns  of  products  in  the  Prodcom  list
which  correspond  to  the  seventh  and  eighth  digit  of  the  Combined  Nomenclature  as  defined  in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3367/87 of 9 November 1987 on the application of the Combined
Nomenclature  to  the  statistics  of  trade  between  Member  States  (OJ  L  321,  11.11.1987,  p.  3).’

7. 

In point 4b (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2186/93), adaptation (b) shall be deleted and adaptation (c)
shall  become  adaptation  (b).

8. 

In  point  5  (Council  Directive  78/546/EEC),  the  following  indent  shall  be  added:

‘—  1  94  N:  Act  concerning  the  conditions  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of
Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and  the  adjustments  of  the  Treaties  on  which  the  European
Union  is  founded  (OJ  C  241,  29.8.1994,  p.  21  as  adjusted  by  OJ  L  1,  1.1.1995,  p.  1).’

9. 

In  point  5  (Council  Directive  78/546/EEC),  adaptations  (b),  (c)  and  (g)  shall  be  replaced  by  the
following  new  adaptations  (b),  (c)  and  (g)  respectively:

‘(b)  in  Annex  II,  the  following  is  added  after  the  entries  for  United  Kingdom:

“Iceland

Ísland

Norway

Norge/Noreg

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein”;

(c)  Annex  III  is  replaced  by  the  following:

“LIST  OF  COUNTRIES

Belgium

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

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Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

Spain

United  Kingdom

Iceland

Norway

Liechtenstein

Switzerland

Bulgaria

Czechoslovakia

Hungary

Poland

Romania

Turkey

Soviet  Union

Yugoslavia

Other  European  countries

North  African  countries

Near  and  Middle  Eastern  countries

Other  countries”;

(g)  Liechtenstein  and  Norway  shall  compile  the  date  required  by  this  Directive  from,  at  the  latest,

1995  onwards.  Iceland  shall  compile  the  data  from,  at  the  latest,  1998  onwards;’.

10.  In  point  6  (Council  Directive  80/1119/EEC),  the  following  indent  shall  be  added:

‘—  1  94  N:  Act  concerning  the  condition  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of
Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and  the  adjustments  of  the  Treaties  on  which  the  European
Union  is  founded  (OJ  C  241,  29.8.1994,  p.  21  as  adjusted  by  OJ  L  1,  1.1.1995,  p.  1).’

11.  In  point  6  (Council  Directive  80/1119/EEC),  adaptations  (a)  and  (b)  shall  be  replaced  by  the

following:

‘(a)  in  Annex  II,  the  following  is  added  after  the  entries  for  United  Kingdom:

“Iceland

Ísland

Norway

Norge/Noreg”

(b)  Annex  III  is  amended  as  follows:

The  following  is  inserted  between  the  heading  “LIST  OF  . . .”  and  part  I  of  the  table:

“A.  EEA  States”;

Part  II-VII  is  replaced  by  the  following:

“II.  EFTA  EEA  States

16.  Iceland

17.  Norway

B.  Non-EEA  countries

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III.  Non-EEA  European  countries

18.  Switzerland

19.  Soviet  Union

20.  Poland

21.  Czechoslovakia

22.  Hungary

23.  Romania

24.  Bulgaria

25.  Yugoslavia

26.  Turkey

27.  Other  non-EEA  European  countries

IV.

V.

28.  United  States  of  America

29.  Other  countries”.’

12.  In  point  7  (Council  Directive  80/1177/EEC),  the  following  indent  shall  be  added:

‘—  1  94  N:  Act  concerning  the  conditions  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of
Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and  the  adjustments  of  the  Treaties  on  which  the  European
Union  is  founded  (OJ  C  241,  29.8.1994,  p.  21  as  adjusted  by  OJ  L  1,  1.1.1995,  p.  1).’

13.  In  point  7  (Council  Directive  80/1177/EEC),  adaptations  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  shall  be  replaced  by  the

following:

‘(a)  the  following  is  added  to  Article  1(2)(a):

“NSB:  Norges  Statsbaner”;

(b) 

in  Annex  II,  the  following  is  added  after  the  entries  for  United  Kingdom:

“Norway

Norge/Noreg”;

(c)  Annex  III  is  amended  as  follows:

The  following  is  inserted  between  the  heading  “LIST  OF  . . .”  and  part  I  of  the  table:

“A.  EEA  States”;

Part  II  is  replaced  by  the  following:

“II.  EFTA  EEA  States

16.  Norway

B.  Non-EEA  countries

17.  Switzerland

18.  Soviet  Union

19.  Poland

20.  Czechoslovakia

21.  Hungary

22.  Romania

23.  Bulgaria

24.  Yugoslavia

25.  Turkey

26.  Near  and  Middle  Eastern  countries

27.  Other  countries”.’

14.  In point 9 (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 546/77), the entries ‘Austria:’; ‘Finland:’ and ‘Sweden:’,

including  the  provisions,  in  adaptations  (a)  and  (b)  shall  be  deleted.

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15.  In  point  18  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  311/76),  the  words  ‘Finland,  Iceland,  Liechtenstein,

Norway,  Sweden’  in  adaptation  (a)  shall  be  replaced  by  ‘the  EFTA  States’.

16.  In  point  19  (Council  Directive  89/130/EEC,  Euratom),  the  words  ‘Austria,  Finland,’  and  ‘,  Sweden’  in

adaptation  (b)  shall  be  deleted.

17.  In  point  20  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3037/90),  the  words  ‘Austria,  Iceland,  Liechtenstein,
Norway,  Sweden’  in  the  adaptation  shall  be  replaced  by  ‘the  EFTA  States’  and  the  sentence  ‘Finland
shall  comply  with  this  Regulation  from,  at  the  latest,  1997  onwards.’  shall  be  deleted.

18.  The  following  shall  be  added  in  point  20a  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  696/93):

‘,  as  amended  by:

—  1  94  N:  Act  concerning  the  conditions  of  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of
Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  and  the  adjustments  of  the  Treaties  on  which  the  European
Union  is  founded  (OJ  C  241,  29.8.1994,  p.  21  as  adjusted  by  OJ  L  1,  1.1.1995,  p.  1).’

19.  Adaptations  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  in  point  20a  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  696/93)  shall  be  replaced  by

the  following:

‘(a)  Iceland and Norway shall use the definitions referred to in Article 1 of the Regulation for statistics

relating  to  situations  subsequent  to  1  January  1995;

(b)  for Iceland and Norway, the transition period referred to in Article 4(1) shall run from 1 January

1995  to  31  December  1996;

(c) 

in  the  list  in  Section  II,  point  B.2  of  the  Annex,  the  following  point  shall  be  added:

“sveitarfe´lag”  in  Iceland;  “Gemeinde”  in  Liechtenstein;  “kommune”  in  Norway;’.

20.  In  point  21  (Council  Directive  72/280/EEC),  the  entries  ‘Austria:’,  ‘Finland:’  and  ‘Sweden:’,  including
the provisions, in adaptation (b) and the words ‘Austria,’, ‘Finland,’ and ‘, Sweden’ in adaptations (c),
(e)  and  (f)  shall  be  deleted.

21.  In  point  22  (Commission  Decision  72/356/EEC),  the  entries  ‘Austria:’,  ‘Finland:’  and  ‘Sweden:’  in

adaptation  (a)  and  the  words  ‘Finland,’  and  ‘,  Sweden’  in  adaptation  (b)  shall  be  deleted.

22.  In  point  23  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  571/88),  the  words  ‘Finland,  Iceland,  Liechtenstein,

Norway,  Sweden’  in  adaptations  (g)  and  (h)  shall  be  replaced  by  ‘the  EFTA  States’.

23.  In  point  24  (Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  837/90),  the  entries  ‘Austria:’,  ‘Finland:’  and  ‘Sweden:’  in
adaptation  (b)  and  the  words  ‘Austria,  Finland,’  and  ‘,  Sweden’  in  adaptation  (d)  shall  be  deleted.

24.  In  point  26  (Council  Directive  90/377/EEC),  the  words  ‘Austria,  Finland’,  and  ‘Sweden’in  adaptations

(a)  and  (b)  shall  be  deleted,  and  adaptation  (d)  shall  be  replaced  by  the  following:

‘(d)  Norway  shall  provide  the  information  required  by  this  Directive  from,  at  the  latest,  1995
onwards.  It  shall  inform  the  SOEC  by  1  January  1993  about  the  places  and  regions  for  which
prices  will  be  recorded  according  to  item  11  of  Annex  1  and  items  2  and  13  of  Annex  II.’