Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/2008 of 14 March 2008 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2008-03-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, European social policy, consumer price, data transmission, price index, social security, statistical method

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Official Journal of the European Union

10.7.2008

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 38/2008

of 14 March 2008

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) Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2008 of

1 February 2008 (1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1322/2007 of 12 November 2007 implementing Regulation (EC)
No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European system of integrated social
protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate formats for transmission, results to be
transmitted and criteria for measuring quality for the ESSPROS core system and the module on pension
beneficiaries (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2007 of 14 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC)
No 1749/96 on initial implementing measures for Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 concerning
harmonised indices of consumer prices (3) 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 18u (Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European
Parliament and of the Council):

‘18ua. 32007 R 1322: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1322/2007 of 12 November 2007
implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the appropriate
formats for transmission, results to be transmitted and criteria for measuring quality for the
ESSPROS core system and the module on pension beneficiaries (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 5).’

2)

The following indent shall be added in point 19b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96):

‘— 32007 R 1334: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2007 of 14 November 2007 (OJ L 296,

15.11.2007, p. 22).’

The texts of Regulations (EC) Nos 1322/2007 and 1334/2007 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 2

(1) OJ L 154, 12.6.2008, p. 36.
(2) OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 296, 15.11.2007, p. 22.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 15 March 2008, 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, 14 March 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.