DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 129/2016

of 3 June 2016

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2147]

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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/8 of 5 January 2016 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2017 ad hoc module on self-employment (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 18au (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/459) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:

‘18av.

32016 R 0008: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/8 of 5 January 2016 specifying the technical characteristics of the 2017 ad hoc module on self-employment (OJ L 3, 6.1.2016, p. 35).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/8 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 4 June 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, 3 June 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 3, 6.1.2016, p. 35.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.