29.3.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 89/36

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 159/2006

of 8 December 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 136/2006 of 27 October 2006 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2006 of 4 July 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2006 of 18 July 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, concerning access to confidential data for scientific purposes (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 point shall be inserted after point 28a (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1099/2005):

‘28b.

32006 R 1031: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2006 of 4 July 2006 implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (OJ L 186, 7.7.2006, p. 11).’;

2.

the following shall be added in point 17b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002):

‘, as amended by:

—

32006 R 1104: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2006 of 18 July 2006 (OJ L 197, 19.7.2006, p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1031/2006 and (EC) No 1104/2006 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 9 December 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, 8 December 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1)   OJ L 366, 21.12.2006, p. 79.

(2)   OJ L 186, 7.7.2006, p. 11.

(3)   OJ L 197, 19.7.2006, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.