DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 210/2013

of 8 November 2013

amending 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 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(3)	Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 17b (Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘ 32013 R 0557: Commission Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 557/2013 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 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 9 November 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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 November 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16.

(2) OJ L 133, 18.5.2002, p. 7.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.