**Executive Summary**
Decision No 155/2026 of the EEA Joint Committee incorporates Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 into the EEA Agreement to standardize statistics on health care expenditure and financing. Adopted on 30 April 2026, the decision includes specific reporting adaptations and exemptions for Liechtenstein. The measures are scheduled to enter into force on 1 May 2026, subject to the completion of all required notifications.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Regulatory Integration**
* Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1901, which implements rules for health care expenditure and financing statistics, is added to Annex XXI (Statistics) of the EEA Agreement.
* **Adaptations for Liechtenstein**
* Liechtenstein is granted exemptions from providing separate data series for day curative care (HC.1.2), day rehabilitative care (HC.2.2), and day long-term care (HC.3.2).
* Data for these "day" categories must instead be included within outpatient curative care (HC.1.3), outpatient rehabilitative care (HC.2.3), and outpatient long-term care (HC.3.3) respectively.
* Liechtenstein is further exempted from providing data series for enterprise financing schemes (HF.2.3).
* **Legal Authenticity and Publication**
* The Icelandic and Norwegian translations of Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 are designated as authentic.
* The decision and the regulation will be published in the EEA Section and the EEA Supplement of the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Entry into Force**
* The decision becomes effective on 1 May 2026, provided that all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been submitted.
**Impact Analysis**
**Liechtenstein**
**Impact**
The state is subject to modified statistical reporting obligations, allowing for the aggregation of specific health care data categories and the exclusion of enterprise financing scheme data.
**Action Required**
Incorporate the specific adaptations into national statistical reporting processes, ensuring "day care" data is correctly merged into "outpatient care" categories.
**Iceland and Norway**
**Impact**
The regulatory framework for health statistics is updated with authentic language versions (Icelandic and Norwegian) provided for national use.
**Action Required**
Implement the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 as per the authentic translated texts.
**EEA Joint Committee**
**Impact**
Responsible for the formal update of the EEA Agreement and ensuring the legal consistency of the statistics annex.
**Action Required**
Verify that all notifications under Article 103(1) are made to ensure the decision enters into force by the 1 May 2026 deadline.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area which is being amended to incorporate new European Union statistical regulations.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1901: The specific EU regulation regarding statistics on health care expenditure and financing that is being incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
EEA Joint Committee: The primary decision-making body responsible for the administration of the EEA Agreement and the incorporation of EU legislation.
Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement: The specific technical annex of the EEA Agreement being amended to include updated rules on healthcare statistics.
Liechtenstein: The EEA member state specifically granted exemptions from providing certain data series related to curative, rehabilitative, and long-term care.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/1532 23.7.2026
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 155/2026
of 30 April 2026
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2026/1532]
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 Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 of 29 October 2021 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on health care expenditure and financing(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 is inserted after point 18of (Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:
‘18og. 32021 R 1901: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 of 29 October 2021 implementing Regulation (EC)
No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on health care expenditure and
financing (OJ L 387, 3.11.2021, p. 110).
The Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
The following paragraph is added in Article 3:
“Liechtenstein is exempted from providing the data series day curative care (HC.1.2) and day rehabilitative care
(HC.2.2) and day long-term care (HC.3.2) separately. Day curative care (HC.1.2) is included in outpatient curative
care (HC.1.3), day rehabilitative care (HC.2.2) is included in outpatient rehabilitative care (HC.2.3) and day long-
term care (HC.3.2) is included in outpatient long-term care (HC.3.3). Liechtenstein is exempted from providing
data series HF.2.3 (enterprise financing schemes).”.’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 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 1 May 2026, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made(*).
(1) OJ L 387, 3.11.2021, p. 110.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1532/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 23.7.2026
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, 30 April 2026.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1532/oj