DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 142/2013

of 15 July 2013

amending Annex IV (Energy) and Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 of 11 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP): transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP, as regards establishing harmonised indices of consumer prices at constant tax rates (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of updates for the monthly and annual energy statistics (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3)	Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 844/2010 (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(4)	Annexes IV and XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of the first indent (Commission Regulation (EU) No 844/2010) in point 28 (Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IV to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘ 32013 R 0147: Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013 (OJ L 50, 22.2.2013, p. 1).’

Article 2

Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

the following indent is inserted in point 19c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2214/96):

‘—	32013 R 0119: Commission Regulation (EU) No 119/2013 of 11 February 2013 (OJ L 41, 12.2.2013, p. 1).’;

(2)	the text of the first indent (Commission Regulation (EU) No 844/2010) in point 26a (Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) is replaced by the following: ‘ 32013 R 0147: Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013 (OJ L 50, 22.2.2013, p. 1).’

Article 3

The texts of Regulations (EU) No 119/2013 and (EU) No 147/2013 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 16 July 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 5

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, 15 July 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 41, 12.2.2013, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 50, 22.2.2013, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 258, 30.9.2010, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.