Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 156/2005 of  2 December 2005  amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2005-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Iceland, Norway, agricultural statistics, data collection, fishing statistics, milk, milk product, sample survey, sampling, statistical method

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 156/2005

of 2 December 2005

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 particu-
lar Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex XXI
128/2005 (1).

to the Agreement was amended by Decision of

the EEA Joint Committee No

Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 of 15 March 2005 implementing Council Regulation
(EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning
the codification to be used for data transmission from 2006 onwards and the use of a sub-sample
for the collection of data on structural variables (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/288/EC of 18 March 2005 amending Decision 97/80/EC on provisions
for the implementation of Council Directive 96/16/EC on statistical surveys of milk and milk
products (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 of 15 March 2005 amending Council Regulation (EEC)
No 3880/91 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-
east Atlantic (4) is to be incorporated into 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 18ah (Commission Regulation (EC) No 388/2005):

‘18ai. 32005 R 0430: Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2005 of 15 March 2005 implementing
Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the
Community concerning the codification to be used for data transmission from 2006 onwards
and the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables (OJ L 71,
17.3.2005, p. 36).’;

2. the following indent shall be added in point 22 (Commission Decision 97/80/EC):

‘— 32005 D 0288: Commission Decision 2005/288/EC (OJ L 88, 7.4.2005, p. 10).’;

3. the following indent shall be added in point 25a (Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91):

‘— 32005 R 0448: Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 (OJ L 74, 19.3.2005, p. 5).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 430/2005 and (EC) No 448/2005 and Decision 2005/288/EC in the
Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the
European Union, shall be authentic.

(1) OJ L 339, 22.12.2005, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 71, 17.3.2005, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 88, 7.4.2005, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 74, 19.3.2005, p. 5.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 3 December 2005, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

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, 2 December 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.