DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 234/2020

of 11 December 2020

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2036]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices and repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation)  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/516 repeals Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom  ( 2 ) and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation)  ( 3 ) , which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The text of point 19 (Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom) is replaced by the following:

‘ 32019 R 0516 : Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices and repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation) ( OJ L 91, 29.3.2019, p. 19 ).

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

This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

2.

The text of point 19p (Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003) is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/516 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 12 December 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made  ( *1 ) .

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 Brussels, 11 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 )    OJ L 91, 29.3.2019, p. 19 .

( 2 )    OJ L 49, 21.2.1989, p. 26 .

( 3 )    OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 1 .

( *1 )   No constitutional requirements indicated.