DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 188/2012

of 28 September 2012

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 120/2012 of 15 June 2012 (1).

(2)	Commission Delegated Decision 2012/186/EU of 3 February 2012 amending Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 7b (Directive 2009/42/EC) of Annex XXI to the Agreement:

‘—	32012 D 0186: Commission Delegated Decision 2012/186/EU of 3 February 2012 (OJ L 101, 11.4.2012, p. 5).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Decision 2012/186/EU 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 29 September 2012, 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, 28 September 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 270, 4.10.2012, p. 43.

(2) OJ L 101, 11.4.2012, p. 5.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.