**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 171/2023, adopted on June 13, 2023, amends Annex XXI (Statistics) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1179 of July 16, 2021, which amends Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 regarding aggregate tables and microdata files for data transmission, into the EEA Agreement. Article 1 adds the following indent to point 7ca of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011 of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement: "32021 R 1179: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1179 of 16 July 2021 (OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 89)." The Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1179 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and are considered authentic. The decision entered into force on June 14, 2023, following notification 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 is Nicolas VON LINGEN. The legal identifier (ELI) for this decision is http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2568/oj.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article 98: Article of the EEA Agreement providing legal basis for the decision.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/1179: A regulation amending Implementing Regulation EU No 1051/2011 regarding data transmission.
Implementing Regulation EU No 1051/2011: Regulation concerning the implementation of statistical data.
Annex XXI: Annex to the EEA Agreement related to Statistics.
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: President of the EEA Joint Committee.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2568 30.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 171/2023
of 13 June 2023
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2568]
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) 2021/1179 of 16 July 2021amending Implementing Regulation (EU)
No 1051/2011 as regards the aggregate tables and micro-data files for the transmission of the data(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 7ca (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1051/2011) of Annex XXI to
the EEA Agreement:
‘– 32021 R 1179: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1179 of 16 July 2021(OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 89).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1179 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 256, 19.7.2021, p. 89.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2568/oj 1/1