Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2009 of 3 July 2009 amending Annex IV (Energy) and Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2009-07-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU statistics, energy market, energy policy




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22.10.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 277/32








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 81/2009
of 3 July 2009
         
amending Annex IV (Energy) and 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 IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 101/2008 of 26 September 2008 (1).












(2)


Annex XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 73/2009 of 29 May 2009 (2).












(3)


Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following point shall be inserted after point 27 (Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IV to the Agreement:






‘28.



32008 R 1099: Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, p. 1) (*1).





(*1)  Listed here for information purposes only: for application see Annex XXI on statistics.’
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Article 2
The following point shall be inserted after point 26 (Council Directive 90/377/EEC) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:






‘26a.



32008 R 1099: Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, p. 1).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
Liechtenstein is exempted from collecting the data required by this Regulation, except for data of imports and exports of the various energy products and the production of electricity for the Annual Energy Statistics (Annex B).’
                        






Article 3
The text of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 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 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 4 July 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*2).


Article 5
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 3 July 2009.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 309, 20.11.2008, p. 24.

(2)  
            OJ L 232, 3.9.2009, p. 30.

(3)  
            OJ L 304, 14.11.2008, p. 1.

(*2)  No constitutional requirements indicated.