Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 99/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2019/211]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 99/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2019/211]
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) 2016/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries as regards conferring of delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures(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
The following is added in point 8 (Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
32016 R 1724: Regulation (EU) 2016/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 266, 30.9.2016, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/1724 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 May 2017, 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.