DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 232/2015

of 25 September 2015

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2017/539]

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) 2015/245 of 16 February 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2016 list of target secondary variables on access to services (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point is inserted after point 18id (Commission Regulation (EU) No 112/2013) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:

‘18ie.

32015 R 0245: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/245 of 16 February 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2016 list of target secondary variables on access to services (OJ L 41, 17.2.2015, p. 11).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) 2015/245 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 2015, 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, 25 September 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Ingrid SCHULERUD

(1) OJ L 41, 17.2.2015, p. 11.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.