DRAFT

DECISION No …/2012 OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

of

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area(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,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts(2) should be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 U.K.

The following point shall be inserted in Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement:

‘27c.

32011 R 0691: Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts (OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1).

The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

with regard to Iceland, Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall be implemented within two years from the first transmission deadline;

(b)

Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’.

Article 2 U.K.

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 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 U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(3).

Article 4 U.K.

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 …, …

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee

(1)

OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.

(2)

OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1.

(3)

[No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]