**Policy Summary:**
This decision, EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 114/2025 of 8 May 2025, amends Annex XXI (Statistics) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2182 into the EEA Agreement.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2182 of 2 September 2024 specifies the technical items of the data set, establishes the technical formats for transmission of information, and specifies the arrangements and content of quality reports regarding a sample survey on the use of information and communication technologies for the reference year 2025, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
The decision stipulates that the text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2182 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and will be considered authentic.
This Decision entered into force on 9 May 2025, following notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of signing was Nicolas VON LINGEN. The official journal reference is OJ L, 24.7.2025.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
EEA Joint Committee: The joint committee responsible for managing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2024/2182: Commission Implementing Regulation specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain for reference year 2025 pursuant to Regulation EU 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Regulation EU 2019/1700: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council referred to in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2024/2182
Annex XXI: Annex to the EEA Agreement related to statistics
Brussels: City where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1359 24.7.2025
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 114/2025
of 8 May 2025
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1359]
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) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2182 of 2 September 2024 specifying the technical items of the
data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the arrangements and
content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication
technologies domain for reference year 2025 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament
and of the Council(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 18qze (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/297) of Annex XXI to the
EEA Agreement:
‘18qzf. 32024 R 2182: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2182 of 2 September 2024 specifying the
technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying
the arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of
information and communication technologies domain for reference year 2025 pursuant to Regulation
(EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/2182, 3.9.2024).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2182 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 9 May 2025, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made(*).
(1) OJ L, 2024/2182, 3.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2182/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1359/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 24.7.2025
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, 8 May 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1359/oj