Draft DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement - Draft common position of the Community

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant Community legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

2. The EEA Joint Committee should therefore adopt the attached decision to amend Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement by adding recently adopted acquis in the field of Statistics. The decision concerns:

- 32000 D 0363: Commission Decision 2000/363/EC of 28 April 2000 (OJ L 132, 5.6.2000, p. 1).'

3. The proposal includes an adaptation for EEA EFTA States.

4. Article 1(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 concerning the arrangements for implementing the EEA Agreement envisages that the Council establishes the Community position for decisions extending Community legislation with substantial changes.

5. The Council is requested to approve the attached draft decision for adoption by the EEA Joint Committee. The Commission would hope to be able to put forward the position of the Community in the EEA Joint Committee in June 2002.

Draft DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE 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 .../... of ... [1].

[1] OJ L ...

(2) Commission Decision 2000/363/EC of 28 April 2000 on rules for implementing Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea [2], is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

[2] OJ L 132, 5.6.2000, p. 1.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. Point 7b (Council Directive 95/64/EC) of Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(a) The following indent shall be added:

'- 32000 D 0363: Commission Decision 2000/363/EC of 28 April 2000 (OJ L 132, 5.6.2000, p. 1).'

(b) The following adaptation shall be added:

'(b) Annex II to Council Directive 95/64/EC shall be supplemented with the list set out in Appendix 2 to the present Annex.'

(c) The heading 'APPENDIX 2 TO ANNEX XXI' shall be inserted after Appendix 1 to Annex XXI.

(d) The list in the Annex to the present Decision shall be inserted as the text of Appendix 2 to Annex XXI, under the sub-heading 'LIST OF EFTA PORTS'.

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2000/363/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement of the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on [...], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee [3].

[3] [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, .

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee

ANNEX

to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

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