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 , 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 should be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2)
Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point shall be inserted in Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement:
1. 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:
  1. 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;
  2. Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall not apply to Liechtenstein.
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Article 2
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
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 .
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.
Done at …, …
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee
OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.
OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1.
[No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]