Agreement on the European Economic Area

List provided for in Article 76

INTRODUCTION

When the acts referred to in this Annex contain notions or refer to procedures which are specific to the Community legal order, such as

• preambles;

• the addressees of the Community acts;

• references to territories or languages of the EC;

• references to rights and obligations of EC Member States, their public entities, undertakings or individuals in relation to each other; and

• references to information and notification procedures;

Protocol 1 on horizontal adaptations shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Annex.

SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS

1.

For the purposes of this Annex and notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1, the term ‘Member State(s)’ contained in the acts referred to shall be understood to include, in addition to its meaning in the relevant EC acts, Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

2.

References to the ‘Nomenclature of Industries in the European Communities (NICE)’, and to ‘Nomenclature of Economic Activities in the European Communities (NACE)’ shall, except where otherwise provided, be read as references to ‘Nomenclature of Economic Activities in the European Communities (NACE Rev.1)’, as defined by the Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Communities, and as adapted for this Agreement. The referred code numbers shall be read as the corresponding converted code numbers in NACE Rev.1.

3.

Provisions laying down by whom the costs for carrying out surveys and the like shall be borne are not relevant for the purposes of this Agreement.

ACTS REFERRED TO

Industrial statistics

1. 364 L 0475: Council Directive 64/475/EEC of 30 July 1964 concerning coordinated annual surveys of investment in industry (OJ No 131, 13.8.1964, p. 2193/64), as amended by:

• 1 72 B: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, pp. 121 and 159),

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 112),

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 231).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

the Annex is not relevant;

(b)

for Liechtenstein, the data required by this Directive shall be included in the data for Switzerland;

(c)

the EFTA States shall, respectively, carry out their first survey required by this Directive not later than in 1995;

(d)

Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall provide the data required by this Directive at least down to the 3-digit level and, if possible, down to the 4-digit level of NACE Rev. 1;

(e)

Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall, for the undertakings being classified by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Communities under the code number 27.10 and taking due consideration of statistical confidentiality as defined by Council Regulation (Euratom/EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, as adapted for this Agreement, provide through the competent national statistical authorities the information equivalent to that requested in questionnaires 2.60 and 2:61 in the Annex to the Commission Decision 3302/81/ECSC of 18 November 1981 on the information to be furnished by steel undertakings about their investment (OJ No L 333, 20.11.1981, p. 35).

2. 372 L 0211: Council Directive 72/211/EEC of 30 May 1972 concerning coordinated statistics on the business cycle in industry and small craft industries (OJ No L 128, 3.6.1972, p. 28), as amended by:

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 112),

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 231).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Article 3, first paragraph, point 5, the text ‘specifying the number of manual workers’ shall be deleted;

(b)

Iceland and Liechtenstein are exempted from collecting the data required by this Directive;

(c)

Switzerland shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1997 onwards. However, the data shall already be provided on a quarterly basis from 1995 onwards;

(d)

Finland shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1997 onwards. However, monthly data on the industrial production index shall be provided from, at the latest, 1995 onwards;

(e)

Austria, Norway and Sweden shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

3. 372 L 0221: Council Directive 72/221/EEC of 6 June 1972 concerning coordinated annual inquiry into industrial activity (OJ No L 133, 10.6.1972, p. 57), as amended by:

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 112),

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 231).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Article 3, the reference to ‘NACE’ shall be read as ‘NACE, 1970 edition’;

(b)

for Liechtenstein, the data required by this Directive shall be included in the data for Switzerland;

(c)

the EFTA States shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards;

(d)

Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall collect and provide the data required in Articles 2 and 5 of this Directive at least down to the 3-digit level of NACE Rev. 1;

(e)

Switzerland and Liechtenstein are exempted from providing the data on the economic activity unit and the local unit for all variables except those on turnover and employment;

(f)

the EFTA States are exempted from providing data on the variables corresponding to the code numbers 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.22 and 1.22.1 of the Annex.

4. 378 L 0166: Council Directive 78/166/EEC of 13 February 1978 concerning coordinated statistics on the business cycle in building and civil engineering (OJ No L 52, 23.1.1978, p. 17), as amended by:

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 113),

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 231).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Article 2, second paragraph, the reference to ‘Part I of NACE’ shall be read ‘Part I of NACE, 1970 edition’. In the third paragraph, the reference to ‘NACE’ shall read ‘NACE Rev. 1’;

(b)

in Article 3(a), the data is to be provided at least quarterly;

(c)

in Article 4(1), the text ‘month or’ is deleted;

(d)

Iceland and Liechtenstein are exempted from providing the data required by this Directive;

(e)

Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

Transport statistics

5. 378 L 0546: Council Directive 78/546/EEC of 12 June 1978 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by road, as part of regional statistics (OJ No L 168, 26.6.1978, p. 29), as amended by:

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 29),

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 163),

• 389 L 0462: Council Directive 89/462/EEC of 18 July 1989 (OJ No L 226, 3.8.1989, p. 8).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

for Liechtenstein, the data required by this Directive shall be included in the data for Switzerland;

(b)

in Annex II, the following is added after the entries for the United Kingdom:

‘Austria

Burgenland

Kärnten

Niederösterreich

Oberösterreich

Salzburg

Steiermark

Tirol

Vorarlberg

Wien

Finland

Suomi/Finland

Iceland

Island

Norway

Norge/Noreg

Sweden

Sverige

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera and Liechtenstein’;

(c)

Annex III is replaced by the following:

‘LIST OF COUNTRIES

Belgium

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

United Kingdom

Austria

Finland

Iceland

Norway

Sweden

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Bulgaria

Czechoslovakia

Hungary

Poland

Romania

Turkey

Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

Other European countries

North African countries

Near and Middle Eastern countries

Other countries’;

(d)

in Tables B, C2, and C4 of Annex IV, the term ‘Member States’ shall read ‘EEA States’;

(e)

in Tables C1, C2, C3, C5 and C6 of Annex IV, the term ‘EUR’ is replaced by ‘EEA’;

(f)

in Table C2 of the Annex IV, the last country number under ‘Received from’ and ‘Dispatched to’ shall be 18;

(g)

Austria, Finland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall compile the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards. Iceland shall compile the data from, at the latest, 1998 onwards;

(h)

until 1997, Switzerland shall be allowed to send the quarterly data on national transport (including transport to and from Liechtenstein) required by this Directive as part of the annual data;

(i)

Iceland shall compile the data on national transport required by this Directive at least every third year.

6. 380 L 1119: Council Directive 80/1119/EEC of 17 November 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by inland waterways (OJ No L 339, 15.12.1980, p. 30), as amended by:

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 163).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Annex II, the following is added after the entries for the United Kingdom:

‘Austria

Burgenland

Kärnten

Niederösterreich

Oberösterreich

Salzburg

Steiermark

Tirol

Vorarlberg

Wien

Finland

Suomi/Finland

Iceland

Island

Norway

Norge/Noreg

Sweden

Sverige

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera and Liechtenstein’;

(b)

Annex III is amended as follows:

The following is inserted between the heading ‘LIST OF ...’ and part I of the table:

‘A. EEA States’;

Part II-VII is replaced by the following:

‘II. EFTA States

13.

Austria

14.

Finland

15.

Iceland

16.

Norway

17.

Sweden

18.

Switzerland and Liechtenstein

B. Non-EEA countries

III. Non-EEA European countries

19.

USSR

20.

Poland

21.

Czechoslovakia

22.

Hungary

23.

Romania

24.

Bulgaria

25.

Yugoslavia

26.

Turkey

27.

Other non-EEA European countries

IV.

28.

United States of America

V.

29.

Other countries’;

(c)

in Annex IV, Tables 1(A) and 1(B), the term ‘EEC share’ shall read ‘EEA share’;

(d)

in Annex IV, Tables 7(A), 7(B), 8(A) and 8(B), the positions of the columns headed ‘State trading countries’ and ‘Other countries’ are interchanged; the heading ‘Other countries’ is replaced by ‘EFTA countries’; the heading ‘State trading countries’ is replaced by ‘Other countries’;

(e)

in Annex IV, Tables 10(A) and 10(B), the list of countries under the heading ‘Nationality of vessel’ is replaced by the ‘list of countries and groups of countries’ of amended Annex III. The term ‘EEC share’ shall be read as ‘EEA share’;

(f)

the EFTA States shall carry out the surveys required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

7. 380 L 1177: Council Directive 80/1177/EEC of 4 December 1980 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods by rail, as part of regional statistics (OJ No L 350, 23.12.1980, p. 23), as amended by:

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 164).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

the following is added to Article 1(2)(a):

‘ÖBB

:

Österreichische Bundesbahnen

VR

:

Valtionrautatiet/Statsjärnvägarna

NSB

:

Norges Statsbaner

SJ

:

Statens Järnvägar

SBB/CFF/FFS

:

Schweizerische Bundesbahnen/Chemins de fer fédéraux/Ferrovie federate svizzere

BLS

:

Bern-Lotschberg-Simplon’;

(b)

in Annex II, the following is added after the entries for the United Kingdom:

‘Austria

Österreich

Finland

Suomi/Finland

Norway

Norge/Noreg

Sweden

Sverige

Switzerland

Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera’;

(c)

Annex III is amended as follows:

The following is inserted between the heading ‘LIST OF ...’ and part I of the table:

‘A. EEA States’;

Part II is replaced by the following:

‘II. EFTA States

13.

Austria

14.

Finland

15.

Norway

16.

Sweden

17.

Switzerland

B. Non-EEA countries

18.

USSR

19.

Poland

20.

Czechoslovakia

21.

Hungary

22.

Romania

23.

Bulgaria

24.

Yugoslavia

25.

Turkey

26.

Near and Middle Eastern countries

27.

Other countries’;

(d)

the EFTA States shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

Foreign and Community internal trade statistics

8. 375 R 1736: Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of the Council of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ No L 183, 14.7.1975, p. 3), as amended by:

• 377 R 2845: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2845/77 of 19 December 1977 (OJ No L 329, 22.12.1977, p. 3),

• 384 R 3396: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3396/84 of 3 December 1984 (OJ No L 314, 4.12.1984, p. 10),

• 387 R 3367: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3367/87 of 9 November 1987 on the application of the Combined Nomenclature to the statistics of trade between Member States and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between its Member States (OJ No L 321, 11.11.1987, p. 3),

• 387 R 3678: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3678/87 of 9 December 1987 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade (OJ No L 346, 10.12.1987, p. 12),

• 388 R 0455: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 455/88 of 18 February 1988 on the statistical threshold in the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ No L 46, 19.2.1988, p. 19),

• 388 R 1629: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 of 27 May 1988 (OJ No L 147, 14.6.1988, P.1),

• 391 R 0091: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 91/91 of 15 January 1991 (OJ No L 11, 16.1.1991, p. 5).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

Article 2(2)(a) and (b) shall read:

‘(a)

goods entering or leaving the customs warehouses with the exception of the customs warehouses listed in Annex A;

(b)

goods entering or leaving the free zones listed in Annex A.’;

(b)

Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘1.

The statistical territory of the EEA shall, in principle, comprise the customs territories of the Contracting Parties. The Contracting Parties shall define their statistical territories accordingly.

2.

The statistical territory of the Community shall comprise the customs territory of the Community as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 of 23 July 1984 on the definition of the customs territory of the Community as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4151/88.

3.

For the EFTA States the statistical territory shall comprise the customs territory. However, for Norway, the Svalbard Archipelago and the Jan Mayen Island shall be included in the statistical territory. Switzerland and Liechtenstein together form one single statistical territory.’;

(c)

the classification referred to in Article 5(1) and (3) shall be made at least down to the first six digits;

(d)

in Article 7(1), the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

‘Without prejudice to Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the following should be indicated in the statistical information medium of each CN subheading, at least down to the first six digits.’;

(e)

the following new paragraph is added to Article 9:

‘3.

For the EFTA States, “country of origin” shall be taken to mean the country in which the goods originated within the meaning of the respective national rules of origin.’;

(f)

Article 17(1): The reference to ‘Council Regulation (EEC) No 803/68 of ... as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/75’ shall read ‘Council Regulation (EEC) No 1224/80 of 28 May 1980 concerning the valuation of goods for customs purposes (OJ No L 134, 31.5.1980, p. 1)’;

(g)

Article 34 is replaced by the following:

‘The data referred to in Article 22(1) shall be compiled for each CN subheading according to the current version of the first six digits of the Combined Nomenclature.’;

(h)

Annex C is amended as follows:

the following line is inserted between ‘EUROPE’ and ‘Community’:

‘European Economic Area’;

the following is inserted between the entry ‘022 Ceuta and ’ and the heading ‘Other European countries and territories’:

‘EFTA	countries
024	Iceland
028	Norway
	Including Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen Island
030	Sweden
032	Finland
	Including Åland Islands
036	Switzerland
	Including Liechtenstein, the German territory of Büsingen and the Italian parish of Campione d'Italia
038	Austria
	Excluding the territories of Jungholz and Mittelberg’;

the entries 024, 025, 028, 030, 032, 036 and 038 after ‘Other European countries..’ are replaced by ‘041 Faroe Islands’;

(i)

the EFTA States shall collect the data required by this Regulation from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

9. 377 R 0546: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 546/77 of 16 March 1977 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade (OJ No L 70, 17.3.1977, p. 13), as amended by:

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 112),

• 1 85 I: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ No L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 230),

• 387 R 3678: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3678/87 of 9 December 1987 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade (OJ No L 346, 10.12.1987, p, 12).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

the following is added to Article 1:

‘Austria:	— Aktiver Veredelungsverkehr;
Finland:	— Vientietumenettely/Exportförmånsförfarandet;
Iceland:	— Vinnsla innanlands fyrir erlendan aoila;
Norway:	— Foredling innenlands (aktiv);
Sweden:	— Industrirestitution;
Switzerland:	— Aktiver Eigen-/Lohn-veredelungsverkehr
	— Traffic de perfectionnement actif à facon/commercial
	— Regime economico di perfezionamento activo a cottimo’;

(b)

the following is added to Article 2:

‘Austria:	— Passiver Veredelungsverkehr;
Finland:	— Tullinalennusmenettely/Tullnedsättningsförfarandet;
Iceland:	— Vinnsla erlendis fyrir innlendan aoila;
Norway:	— Foredling utenlands (passiv);
Sweden:	— Återinförsel efter annan bearbetning än reparation;
Switzerland:	— Passiver Eigen-/Lohn-veredelungsverkehr
	— Traffic de perfectionnement passif à facon/commercial
	— Regime economico di perfezionamento passivo a cottimo’.

10. 379 R 0518: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 518/79 of 19 March 1979 for recording exports of complete industrial plant in the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ No L 69, 20.3.1979, p. 10), as amended by:

• 387 R 3521: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3521/87 of 24 November 1987 (OJ No L 335, 25.11.1987, p. 8).

11. 380 R 3345: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3345/80 of 23 December 1980 on the recording of the country of consignment in the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ No L 351, 24.12.1980, p. 12).

12. 383 R 0200: Council Regulation (EEC) No 200/83 of 24 January 1983 on the adaptation of the external trade statistics of the Community to the Directives concerning the harmonization of procedures for the export of goods and for the release of goods for free circulation (OJ No L 26, 28.1.1983, p. 1).

13. 387 R 3367: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3367/87 of 9 November 1987 on the application of the Combined Nomenclature to the statistics of trade between Member States and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between its Member States (OJ No L 321, 11.11.1987, p. 3).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

the Combined Nomenclature (CN) shall be applied, at least down to the first six digits;

(b)

in Article 1(2), the last sentence is not applicable.

14. 387 R 3522: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3522/87 of 24 November 1987 on the recording of the mode of transport in the statistics of trade between Member States (OJ No L 335, 25.11.1987, p. 10).

15. 387 R 3678: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3678/87 of 9 December 1987 on statistical procedures in respect of the Community's external trade (OJ No L 346, 10.12.1987, p. 12).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 3 is not applicable.

16. 388 R 0455: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 455/88 of 18 February 1988 on the statistical threshold in the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (OJ No L 46, 19.2.1988, p. 19).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

the following is added to Article 2:

‘for Austria:	AS	11 500
for Finland:	FMk	4 000
for Iceland:	IKr	60 000
for Norway:	NKr	6 300
for Sweden:	SKr	6 000
for Switzerland:	SFrs	1 000.’

Statistical confidentiality

17. 390 R 1588: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (OJ No L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

the following new paragraph is added to Article 2:

‘11.

Staff of the Office of the EFTA Statistical Adviser: staff of the EFTA Secretariat working on the premises of the SOEC;’

(b)

in the second sentence of Article 5(1), the term ‘SOEC’ is replaced by ‘SOEC and of the Office of the EFTA Statistical Adviser’;

(c)

the following new subparagraph is added to Article 5(2):

‘Confidential statistical data transmitted to the SOEC through the Office of the EFTA Statistical Adviser shall be accessible also to the staff of this Office.’;

(d)

in Article 6, the term ‘SOEC’ shall, for these purposes, be read as to include the Office of the EFTA Statistical Adviser.

Demographical and social statistics

18. 376 R 0311: Council Regulation (EEC) No 311/76 of 9 February 1976 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers (OJ No L 39, 14.2.1976, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall not be bound by the regional breakdown of the data required in Article 1;

(b)

the EFTA States shall collect the data required by this Regulation from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

National accounts - GDP

19. 389 L 0130: Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom of 13 February 1989 on the harmonization of gross national product at market prices (OJ No L 49, 21.2.1989, p. 26).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

Liechtenstein is exempted from providing the data required by this Directive;

(b)

Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall provide the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

Nomenclatures

20. 390 R 3037: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Communities (OJ No L 293, 24.10.1990, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Austria, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall use ‘NACE Rev.1’ or a national classification derived therefrom pursuant to Article 3 from, at the latest, 1995 onwards. Finland shall comply with this Regulation from, at the latest, 1997 onwards.

Agricultural statistics

21. 372 L 0280: Council Directive 72/280/EEC of 31 July 1972 on the statistical surveys to be made by Member States on milk and milk products (OJ No L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 2), as amended by:

• 373 L 0358: Council Directive 73/358/EEC of 19 November 1973 (OJ No L 326, 27.11.1973, p. 17),

• 378 L 0320: Council Directive 78/320/EEC of 30 March 1978 (OJ L 84, 31.3.1978, p. 49),

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, pp. 67, 88),

• 386 L 0081: Council Directive 86/81/EEC of 25 February 1986 (OJ No L 77, 22.3.1986, p. 29).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

Article 1(2) is not applicable;

(b)

in Article 4(3)(a) the territorial division therein referred is supplemented by the following entries:

‘Austria:	Bundesländer
Finland:	—
Iceland:	—
Norway:	—
Sweden:	—
Switzerland	—’;

(c)

Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall collect the data required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards;

(d)

Liechtenstein is exempted from supplying the statistical data required by this Directive;

(e)

Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland are exempted from supplying the weekly data required in Article 4(1) of this Directive;

(f)

Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland are exempted form supplying data on home consumption of milk.

22. 372 D 0356: Commission Decision 72/356/EEC of 18 October 1972 laying down implementing provisions for the statistical surveys on milk and milk products (OJ No L 246, 30.10.1972, p. 1), as amended by:

• 1 79 H: Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and Adjustments to the Treaties - Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ No L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 88),

• 386 D 0180: Commission Decision 86/180/EEC of 19 March 1986 (OJ No L 138, 24.5.1986, p. 49).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Annex II, Table 4, footnote 1, the territorial division referred therein is supplemented by the following entries:

‘Austria:	Bundesländer
Finland:	One region only
Iceland:	One region only
Norway:	One region only
Sweden:	One region only
Switzerland:	One region only’;

(b)

in Annex II, Table 5, part B, the following new footnote is added to item l(a) ‘Home consumption’:

‘(1)

Not required for Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland’;

the other two footnotes are renumbered accordingly.

23. 388 R 0571: Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 of 29 February 1988 on the organization of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings between 1988 and 1997 (OJ No L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1), as amended by:

• 389 R 0807: Council Regulation (EEC) No 807/89 of 20 March 1989 (OJ No L 86, 31.3.1989, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Article 4, the text beginning with ‘and insofar as they are important locally ...’ until the end of the Article is not applicable;

(b)

in Article 6(2), the text ‘standard gross margin (SGM), within the meaning of Decision 85/377/EEC is’ replaced by:

‘standard gross margin (SGM), within the meaning of Decision 85/377/EEC, or to the value of the total agricultural production’;

(c)

in Article 8(2), the reference to ‘Decision 83/461/EEC, as amended by Decisions 85/622/EEC and 85/643/EEC’ is replaced by a reference to ‘Decision 89/651/EEC’. A new footnote is added at the bottom of the page: OJ No L 391, 30.12.1989, p. 1;

(d)

Articles 10, 12 and 13, and Annex II are not relevant;

(e)

in Annex I, appropriate footnotes are added marking the following variables as optional for the indicated countries:

B.02:	Optional for Iceland.
B.03:	Optional for Finland, Iceland and Sweden.
B.04:	Optional for Austria, Finland and Switzerland.
C03:	Optional for Iceland.
C.04:	Optional for Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
E:	Optional for Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland,
G.05:	Optional for Finland.
I.01:	Optional for Norway.
I.01(a):	Optional for Norway.
I.01(b):	Optional for Norway.
I.01(c):	Optional for Norway.
I.01(d):	Optional for Norway.
I.02:	Optional for Norway.
I.03:	Optional for Austria, Finland and Sweden.
I.03(a):	Optional for Austria, Finland and Sweden.
J.03:	Breakdown on the two sexes optional for Iceland.
J.04:	Breakdown on the two sexes optional for Iceland.
J.09(a):	Optional for Finland.
J.09(b):	Optional for Finland.
J.11:	Breakdown on piglets, breeding sows and other pigs optional for Iceland.
J.12:	Breakdown on piglets, breeding sows and other pigs optional for Iceland.
J.13:	Breakdown on piglets, breeding sows and other pigs optional for Iceland.
J.17:	Optional for Austria and Switzerland.
K:	Optional for Iceland and Sweden.
K.02:	Optional for Austria.
L:	Finland, Iceland and Sweden are allowed to provide the variables of the table on a higher aggregation level.
L.10:	Optional for Austria;

(f)

for Liechtenstein, the data required by this Regulation shall be included in the data for Switzerland;

(g)

Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall not be bound by the geographical breakdown of the data required in Articles 4, 8 and Annex I of this Regulation. However, these States shall ensure that sample sizes are such that the breakdown of the data other than regional is obtained on a representative basis;

(h)

Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall not be bound by the typology referred to in Articles 6, 7, 8, 9 and Annex I of this Regulation. However, these States shall transmit the necessary additional information allowing the reclassification according to this typology;

(i)

the EFTA States are exempted from the obligation to carry out the survey referred to in Article 3(c);

(j)

the EFTA States shall collect the data required by this Regulation from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

24. 390 R 0837: Council Regulation (EEC) No 837/90 of 26 March 1990 concerning statistical information to be supplied by the Member States on cereals production (OJ No L 88, 3.4.1990, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Article 8(4), the text ‘twice a year’ is deleted;

(b)

in Annex III, the following is added after the entry for the United Kingdom:

‘Austria:	Bundesländer
Finland:	—
Iceland:	—
Norway:	—
Sweden:	—
Switzerland:	—’;

(c)

Liechtenstein is exempted from supplying the data required by this Regulation;

(d)

Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall provide the data required by this Regulation from, at the latest, 1995 onwards.

Fishery statistics

25. 391 R 1382: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 of 21 May 1991 on the submission of data on the landings of fishery products in Member States (OJ No L 133, 28.5.1991, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Annex 3, the layout of the table is changed according to the following:

a Column to be completed by EFTA States, and by those EC Member States which register EFTA vessels.
	EC		EFTAa
	Quantity	Price	Quantity	Price
For human consumption: Cods (CDZ) fresh whole

(b)

the EFTA States shall provide the data required by this Regulation from, at the latest, 1995 onwards. The report referred to in Article 5(1) and, in case of the need, the request for exclusions of small ports referred to in Article 5(6), first subparagraph, shall be made in the course of the year 1995.

Energy statistics

26. 390 L 0377: Council Directive 90/377/EEC of 29 June 1990 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users (OJ No L 185, 17.7.1990, p. 16).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

the following is added to Article 2(1) and (3):

‘For Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland the data shall be sent to the SOEC through the countries' competent national authorities.’;

(b)

irrespective of the provisions of Articles 4 and 5, the handling of confidential data from Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland is governed exclusively by the Council Regulation (Euratom/EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, as adapted for this Agreement;

(c)

Iceland and Liechtenstein shall be exempted from supplying the information requested by this Directive;

(d)

Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland shall provide the information required by this Directive from, at the latest, 1995 onwards. These countries shall inform the SOEC by 1 January 1993 about the places and regions for which prices will be recorded according to item 11 of Annex I and items 2 and 13 of Annex II.