**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 170/2023, dated June 13, 2023, amends Annex XXI (Statistics) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 of July 23, 2020, into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 amends Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the classification of countries of residence of guests staying at tourist accommodation establishments, specifically in the context of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. This decision adds the reference "32020 R 1569: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 of 23 July 2020 (OJ L 359, 29.10.2020, p. 1)" to point 7c of Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 within Annex XXI of the EEA Agreement. The authentic text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on June 14, 2023, following the completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was 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 the decision was Nicolas VON LINGEN.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article 98: Article of the EEA Agreement that provides the legal basis for amendments.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2020/1569: A European Union regulation amending Annex I to Regulation EU No 692/2011 regarding the classification of countries of residence of guests staying at tourist accommodation establishments.
Regulation EU No 692/2011: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the classification of countries of residence of guests staying at tourist accommodation establishments.
United Kingdom: Mentioned in the context of its withdrawal from the European Union and its impact on the classification of countries of residence.
Iceland: Country where the text of Delegated Regulation EU 2020/1569 will be published in the Icelandic language.
Norway: Country where the text of Delegated Regulation EU 2020/1569 will be published in the Norwegian language.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2567 30.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 170/2023
of 13 June 2023
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2567]
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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 of 23 July 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU)
No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the classification of countries of residence of
guests staying at tourist accommodation establishments in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom
from the Union(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 indent is added in point 7c (Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of
Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:
‘– 32020 R 1569: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 of 23 July 2020(OJ L 359, 29.10.2020, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1569 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 14 June 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made*.
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, 13 June 2023.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 359, 29.10.2020, p. 1.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2567/oj 1/1