Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 74/2008 of 6 June 2008 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2008-06-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, European accounting system, Eurostat, data transmission, exchange of information, national accounts, pay, sample survey, working population

25.9.2008

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 74/2008

of 6 June 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)

(2)

(3)

Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 57/2008 of
25 April 2008 (1).

Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in
the Community (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Regulation (EC) No 1392/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November
2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with respect to the transmission of national
accounts data (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 indent shall be added in point 18a (Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98):

‘— 32007 R 1372: Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

23 October 2007 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42).’

2. The following indent shall be added in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96):

‘— 32007 R 1392: Regulation (EC) No 1392/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

13 November 2007 (OJ L 324, 10.12.2007, p. 1).’

3. The text of adaptation (d) in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96) shall be replaced by the

following:

‘in Annex B, under “Derogations by Member State”, the following shall be added after point 27 (United
Kingdom):

(1) OJ L 223, 21.8.2008, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 324, 10.12.2007, p. 1.

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28.1. Derogations for tables

Table No

Variable/item

Derogation

All tables

Sector S.1314

Sector S.1314 not to be specified
(data integrated into sector S.1311)

Period covered by
the derogation

First transmission in

All periods

Not to be transmitted

1, 8

Split of S2: rest of
the world

First transmission in 2009
Backwards data from 1999 only

Prior to 1999

Data prior to 1999
not to be transmitted.
Other years: first
transmission 2009

3

6

10, 12,
13

All variables by
industry
detailed
A60

Data by A60 to be transmitted at
T+23

All periods

Data by A60 to be
transmitted at T+23

All variables/items Year 1995: not to be transmitted

1995

Not to be transmitted

All variables/items Years 1995 and 1996 not to be

1995, 1996

transmitted
Data to be transmitted at T+28
months

1995, 1996 not to be
transmitted. Tables to
be transmitted at
T+28 months

28.2. Derogations for single variables/items in the table

Table No

Variable/item

Derogation

6, 7

6, 7

Financial
derivatives AF.34

Years 1995-2009: not to be trans­
mitted; first transmission in 2011

Trade credits and
advances AF.71
Other AF.79

Years 1995-2006: not to be trans­
mitted; first transmission in 2008

Period covered by
the derogation

First transmission in

1995-2009

Not to be transmitted

1995-2006

2008’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1372/2007 and (EC) No 1392/2007 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 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 7 June 2008, 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, 6 June 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

Alan SEATTER

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.