DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 102/2009

of 25 September 2009

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 89/2009 of 3 July 2009 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 4b (Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

‘4ba.

32009 R 0192: Commission Regulation (EC) No 192/2009 of 11 March 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 177/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common framework for business registers for statistical purposes, as regards the exchange of confidential data between the Commission (Eurostat) and Member States (OJ L 67, 12.3.2009, p. 14).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 192/2009 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 26 September 2009, 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, 25 September 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 277, 22.10.2009, p. 41.

(2) OJ L 67, 12.3.2009, p. 14.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.