Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 112/2009 of 22 October 2009 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2009-10-22
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agricultural statistics, agricultural structure, area of holding, database, labour force, means of agricultural production




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 112/2009
of 22 October 2009
         
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 103/2009 of 25 September 2009 (1).












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The text of point 23 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88) of Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32008 R 1166: Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 (OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The EFTA States shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of data as required by this Regulation. However, these States shall assure that sample sizes are such that the breakdown of the data other than regional is obtained on a representative basis.










(b)


The EFTA States shall not be bound to collect data on the implementation of measures associated with rural development as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.










(c)


This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 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 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 23 October 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


Article 4
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, 22 October 2009.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 304, 19.11.2009, p. 21.

(2)  
            OJ L 321, 1.12.2008, p. 14.

(3)  
            OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.