Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 62/2000 of 28 June 2000 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-06-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: consumer price, exchange of information, goods and services, harmonisation of prices, insurance, price index

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 62/2000

of 28 June 2000

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 23/2000 of
25 February 2000 (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No
2214/96, concerning the sub-indices of the harmonised indices of consumer prices (2), as corrected
by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59,

is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 — as regards minimum standards for the
treatment of insurance in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and modifying Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following is added in point 19c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96) of Annex XXI to the
Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 399 R 1749: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 214, 13.8.1999,

p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59,

— 399 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999,

p. 9).'’

Article 2

The following point is inserted after point 19g (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2646/98) of Annex XXI to
the Agreement:

‘19h. 399 R 1617: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1617/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 — as regards minimum
standards for the treatment of insurance in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices and
modifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 (OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9).’

Article 3

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1749/1999 as corrected by OJ L 267, 15.10.1999, p. 59 and (EC) No
1617/1999 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the
Official Journal of the European Communities, are authentic.

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal
(2) OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 9.

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Article 4

This Decision enters into force on 29 June 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of
the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

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

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.