2004/85/: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 85/2004 of 8 June 2004 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-06-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, accession to the European Union, household, income, living conditions, statistical method

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 85/2004

of 8 June 2004

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended 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)

(4)

(5)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by the Agreement on the participation of the Czech
Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area signed on 14 October 2003 in
Luxembourg (1).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No
1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on
income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards definitions and updated definitions (2), is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No
1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on
income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the fieldwork aspects and the imputation
procedures (3), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No
1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on
income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the sampling and tracing rules (4),
is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No
1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on
income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target primary variables (5), is to be
incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 18i (Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European
Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

‘18j. 32003 R 1980: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1980/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing
Reg. (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community
statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards definitions and updated definitions (OJ
L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 1).

(1) OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 1.
(3) OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 23.
(4) OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 29.
(5) OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 34.

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18k. 32003 R 1981: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing
Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of
the Council concerning
Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the fieldwork aspects
and the imputation procedures (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 23).

the European Parliament and of

18l.

32003 R 1982: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1982/2003 of 21 October 2003 implementing
Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of
the Council concerning
Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the sampling and
tracing rules (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 29).

the European Parliament and of

18m. 32003 R 1983: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 of 7 November 2003 implementing
the Council concerning
target

Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of
Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of
primary variables (OJ L 298, 17.11.2003 p. 34).’

the European Parliament and of

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1980/2003, (EC) No 1981/2003, (EC) No 1982/2003 and (EC) No
1983/2003 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 9 June 2004, 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 Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2004.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

S. GILLESPIE

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.