**Executive Summary**
The document is a decision (No 223/2025) of the EEA Joint Committee, dated September 19, 2025, amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement. It incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 into the EEA Agreement. The decision enters into force on September 20, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment:**
* Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement is amended.
* Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 is to be incorporated.
* **Incorporation of Regulation:**
* Point '18qzi. 32025 R 0668' is inserted after point 18qzh in Annex XXI.
* This refers to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 of November 15, 2024, which supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
* The regulation specifies variables in the labour force domain for the 2026 ad hoc subject on Digital Platform Employment.
* **Publication and Language:**
* The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 will be published in Icelandic and Norwegian in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, and shall be authentic.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The decision enters into force on September 20, 2025, contingent upon all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement being made.
* **Publication of Decision:**
* The decision will be published in the EEA Section of and in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**EEA Member States**
**Impact:** EEA member states are required to integrate the updated statistical standards defined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 for labour force data collection.
**Action Required:** Implement the updated statistical standards as specified in Regulation (EU) 2025/668 and ensure all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to enable the decision's entry into force.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which this decision amends.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668: The EU regulation specifying variables in the labour force domain for the 2026 ad hoc subject on Digital Platform Employment, to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Annex XXI (Statistics): The specific annex of the EEA Agreement that this decision amends.
EEA Joint Committee: The body responsible for adopting the decision amending the EEA Agreement.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/15 15.1.2026
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 223/2025
of 19 September 2025
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2026/15]
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) 2025/668 of 15 November 2024 supplementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the titles of the
variables in the labour force domain for the 2026 ad hoc subject on Digital Platform Employment(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 18qzh (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2515) of Annex XXI to the
EEA Agreement:
‘18qzi. 32025 R 0668: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 of 15 November 2024 supplementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the
titles of the variables in the labour force domain for the 2026 ad hoc subject on Digital Platform Employment (OJ
L, 2025/668, 2.4.2025).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/668 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 20 September 2025, 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, 19 September 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
(1) OJ L, 2025/668, 2.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/668/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/15/oj 1/1