Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 242/2014 of 24 October 2014 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1466]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 242/2014 of 24 October 2014 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1466]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EU) No 538/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Point 27c (Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
The following is added:
‘, as amended by:
32014 R 0538: Regulation (EU) No 538/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 113).’
Adaptations (a) and (b) are renumbered as adaptations (b) and (c), respectively.
The following adaptation is inserted:
In Article 8(2), the words “17 September 2014” are replaced by the words “3 months after the entry into force of EEA Joint Committee Decision No 242/2014 of 24 October 2014” as regards the EFTA States.’
Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 538/2014 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 1 November 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made(**).
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.