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1.12.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
318/43
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 105/2011
of 30 September 2011
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
(a) the EFTA States shall put into effect the measures
necessary to comply with this Regulation by
1 January 2012;
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as
(b) for the EFTA States, all references to the centralised
‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
clearing system and related provisions shall not be
relevant;
Whereas:
(c) for Liechtenstein, the text of Article 2(a) shall read:
(1) Annex
XXI
to
the
Agreement
was
amended
by
Decision
of the EEA Joint Committee No 89/2011 of 1 July
“ ‘goods’ means all movable property, excluding
2011 ( 1 ).
electricity;”;
(2) Regulation
(EC)
No
471/2009
of
the
European
(d) the text of Article 2(b) shall be replaced by the
Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on
following:
Community statistics relating to external trade with
non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation
(EC) No 1172/95 ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the
“The statistical territory of the EEA shall, in
Agreement.
principle, comprise the customs territories of the
Contracting Parties. The Contracting Parties shall
define their statistical territories accordingly.
(3) Regulation
(EC)
No
471/2009
repeals,
with
effect
from
1 January 2010, Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 ( 3 ),
which is incorporated into the Agreement, but which
For Norway, the Svalbard Archipelago and the Jan
should continue to apply to the EFTA States and
Mayen Island shall be included in the statistical
consequently be repealed under the Agreement with
territory.
effect from 1 January 2012,
Liechtenstein shall be exempted from collecting
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
data on trade between Switzerland and Liech
tenstein. Liechtenstein shall only collect data on
direct imports and exports excluding warehouses
Article 1
and duty-free warehouses.
Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
For Iceland, the statistical territory shall comprise
(1) point 8 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95) shall be
the customs territory.”;
renumbered as point 8a;
(e) Liechtenstein shall be exempted from collecting the
(2) the following point shall be inserted before new point 8a
data referred to in Article 5(1)(e);
(Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95):
(f) Article
5(1)(f) and (k) shall
not apply
to the EFTA
‘8. 32009 R 0471: Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the
States;
European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009
on Community statistics relating to external trade with
(g) the classification referred to in Article 5(1)(h) shall
non-member countries and repealing Council Regu
be made at least down to the first six digits;
lation (EC) No 1172/95 (OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes
(h) Article 5(1)(l) shall not apply to Liechtenstein;
of this Agreement, be read with the following adap
tations:
(i) Article 5(1)(m)(ii) shall not apply to the EFTA
States;
( 1 ) OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 61.
( 2 ) OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23.
( 3 ) OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10.
(j) Article
5(1)(m)(iii)
shall
not
apply
to
Liechtenstein;

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(k) Article 6 shall not apply for statistical data which
Article 3
the EFTA States are exempted from collecting
under Article 5;
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 October 2011,
provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
(l) Article
7
shall
not
apply
to
the
EFTA
States;
(m) Article 9(2) shall not apply to Liechtenstein;
Article 4
(n) as regards Liechtenstein, statistical results covered
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in
by Article 10 which make it possible to indirectly
the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
identify exporters and importers shall not be
Union.
disseminated, even without request of an importer
or exporter, and only two digit level information of
the Harmonised System shall be disseminated.’;
(3) the text of new point 8a (Council Regulation (EC) No
Done at Brussels, 30 September 2011.
1172/95) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2012.
Article 2
For the EEA Joint Committee
The text of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 in the Icelandic and
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
The President
to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
Kurt JGER
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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