25.9.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 257/39


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 74/2008

of 6 June 2008

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 57/2008 of 25 April 2008 (1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1392/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with respect to the transmission of national accounts data (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 indent shall be added in point 18a (Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98):

‘—

32007 R 1372: Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42).’

2.

The following indent shall be added in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96):

‘—

32007 R 1392: Regulation (EC) No 1392/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 (OJ L 324, 10.12.2007, p. 1).’

3.

The text of adaptation (d) in point 19d (Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96) shall be replaced by the following:

‘in Annex B, under “Derogations by Member State”, the following shall be added after point 27 (United Kingdom):

28.   NORWAY

28.1.   Derogations for tables

Table No

Variable/item

Derogation

Period covered by the derogation

First transmission in

All tables

Sector S.1314

Sector S.1314 not to be specified (data integrated into sector S.1311)

All periods

Not to be transmitted

1, 8

Split of S2: rest of the world

First transmission in 2009

Backwards data from 1999 only

Prior to 1999

Data prior to 1999 not to be transmitted. Other years: first transmission 2009

3

All variables by detailed industry A60

Data by A60 to be transmitted at T+23

All periods

Data by A60 to be transmitted at T+23

6

All variables/items

Year 1995: not to be transmitted

1995

Not to be transmitted

10, 12, 13

All variables/items

Years 1995 and 1996 not to be transmitted

Data to be transmitted at T+28 months

1995, 1996

1995, 1996 not to be transmitted. Tables to be transmitted at T+28 months

28.2.   Derogations for single variables/items in the table

Table No

Variable/item

Derogation

Period covered by the derogation

First transmission in

6, 7

Financial derivatives AF.34

Years 1995-2009: not to be transmitted; first transmission in 2011

1995-2009

Not to be transmitted

6, 7

Trade credits and advances AF.71

Other AF.79

Years 1995-2006: not to be transmitted; first transmission in 2008

1995-2006

2008’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1372/2007 and (EC) No 1392/2007 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 7 June 2008, 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, 6 June 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER


(1)   OJ L 223, 21.8.2008, p. 56.

(2)   OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42.

(3)   OJ L 324, 10.12.2007, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.