21.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 366/77

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 135/2006

of 27 October 2006

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 126/2006 of 22 September 2006 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 601/2006 of 18 April 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the format and the procedure for the transmission of data (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 602/2006 of 18 April 2006 adapting Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council through the updating of data requirements (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The following shall be added in point 19s (Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

—

32006 R 0602: Commission Regulation (EC) No 602/2006 of 18 April 2006 (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 10).’

2.

The following point shall be inserted after point 19s (Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘19sa.

 32006 R 0601: Commission Regulation (EC) No 601/2006 of 18 April 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the format and the procedure for the transmission of data (OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 7).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) Nos 601/2006 and 602/2006 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 28 October 2006, 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, 27 October 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1)   OJ L 333, 30.11.2006, p. 57.

(2)   OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 7.

(3)   OJ L 106, 19.4.2006, p. 10.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.