Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority concerning derogations by Norway from certain characteristics set out in the Act referred to at point 18z2 of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement, Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as regards statistics on accidents at work
Date: 2013-08-01
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EU statistics, Norway, derogation from EU law, disclosure of information, occupational accident, public health








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Official Journal of the European Union


C 220/28





Communication from the EFTA Surveillance Authority concerning derogations by Norway from certain characteristics set out in the Act referred to at point 18z2 of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement, Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as regards statistics on accidents at work
2013/C 220/15
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto and as referred to at point 18z of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008) (1), applies to the production of statistics in five specific domains. Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 refers to implementing measures necessary to determine the data and metadata to be supplied on accidents at work covered by Annex IV to that Regulation as well as to determine the reference periods, intervals and time limits for data provision. Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 allows for, if necessary, derogations and transition periods.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 of 11 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as regards statistics on accidents at work, as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto and as referred to at point 18z2 of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement (Regulation (EU) No 349/2011) (2), lays down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 with regard to statistics on accidents at work.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority has the competence to grant derogations in accordance with Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 as regards applications from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008, Norway applied for derogations from certain characteristics set out in Annex 1 to the Regulation (EU) No 349/2011.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority has granted the following derogations from the characteristics set out in Annex 1 to the Regulation (EU) No 349/2011 until 30 June 2016, in accordance with the opinion of the EFTA Committee on Statistics:






 


‘Days lost’,










 


‘Employment status of the victim’ and










 


‘Phase III variables on causes and circumstances’.




First delivery of data transmission of variables listed above: 2016 (data in respect of 2014).


(1)  Joint Committee Decision No 89/2009 (OJ L 277, 22.10.2009, p. 41 and EEA Supplement No 56, 22.10.2009, p. 19), e.i.f. 4 July 2009.

(2)  Join Committee Decision No 189/2012 (OJ L 341, 13.12.2012, p. 43 and EEA Supplement No 70, 13.12.2012, p. 51), e.i.f. 29 September 2012.