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28.4.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
116/5
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 April 2012
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an
amendment to Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
(2012/228/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
under Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June
1996 on the European system of national and regional
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
accounts in the Community ( 4 ), it is also to be exempted
Union, and in particular Article 338(1) and Article 218(9)
from the obligations concerning the European environ
thereof,
mental economic accounts.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of
(5) The
position
of
the
Union
in
the
EEA
Joint
Committee
28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing
should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,
the Agreement on the European Economic Area ( 1 ), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Article 1
Whereas:
The position to be taken by the European Union within the
(1)
Annex XXI to the Agreement on the European Economic
EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex
Area (
XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the

2 ) (‘the EEA Agreement’), contains specific
provisions and arrangements concerning statistics.
draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this
Decision.
(2) Regulation
(EU)
No
691/2011
of
the
European
Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on
Article 2
European environmental economic accounts ( 3 ) should
be incorporated into the Agreement.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

(3) With
regard
to
Iceland,
Annexes
I,
II
and
III
to
Regu
lation (EU) No 691/2011 are to be implemented within
Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 2012.
two years from the first transmission deadline to allow
for the further development of the Icelandic national
environmental accounts.
For the Council
(4) Since
Liechtenstein
is
already
exempted
from
the
The President
European system of national and regional accounts
N. WAMMEN
( 1 ) OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.
( 2 ) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.
( 3 ) OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1.

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L 116/6
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Official Journal of the European Union
28.4.2012
DRAFT
DECISION No …/2012 OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
of
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
(a) with regard to Iceland, Annexes I, II and III to
Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall be imple
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
mented within two years from the first trans
Area (
mission deadline;

1 ), as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the
EEA Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
(b) Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall not apply to
Liechtenstein.’.
Whereas:
Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 in the Icelandic and
(1) Regulation
(EU)
No
691/2011
of
the
European
Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
European environmental economic accounts (
to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

2 ) should
be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Article 3
(2) Annex
XXI
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
be
amended This Decision shall enter into force on …, provided that all the
accordingly,
notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have
been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 4
Article 1
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in
the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
The following point shall be inserted in Annex XXI (Statistics)
Union.
to the EEA Agreement:
‘27c. 32011 R 0691: Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the
Done at …, …
European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011
on European environmental economic accounts
(OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1).
For the EEA Joint Committee
The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall,
for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the
The Secretaries
following adaptations:
The President
to the EEA Joint Committee
( 1 ) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.
(*) [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional
( 2 ) OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1.
requirements indicated.]

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