DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 35/2016

of 5 February 2016

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1318]

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 1175/2014 of 30 October 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 18wa (Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘ 32014 R 1175: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 of 30 October 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 823/2010 (OJ L 316, 4.11.2014, p. 4).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 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 6 February 2016, 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, 5 February 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 316, 4.11.2014, p. 4.

(2) OJ L 246, 18.9.2010, p. 33.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.