2004/84/: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 84/2004 of 8 June 2004 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2004-06-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European social policy, accession to the European Union, data collection, family, working life

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 84/2004

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)

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 29/2004 of 8 January 2004 adopting the specifications of the 2005
ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation
(EC) No 577/98 (2), is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics (3), is incor-
porated into the Agreement.

Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 repeals Council Directive 78/166/EEC of 13 February 1978 (4), as
subsequently amended, which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to
be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The following point shall be inserted after point 18ae (Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2003):

‘18af.

32004 R 0029: Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 of 8 January 2004 adopting the
specifications of the 2005 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life
provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 57).

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

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

2. The text of point 4 shall be deleted.

(1) OJ L 130, 29.4.2004, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 57.
(3) OJ L 162, 5.6.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 52, 23.1.1978, p. 17.

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Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 29/2004 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.