The EEA Joint Committee issued Decision No. 250/2025 on October 24, 2025, amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2026/213]. This decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735 of September 28, 2023, which amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 regarding the ad hoc subject of collecting data for the labour force domain in 2026, into the EEA Agreement. The indent "32023 R 2735: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735 of 28 September 2023 (OJ L, 2023/2735, 6.12.2023)." is added in point 18qe (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement. The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be authentic. The decision enters into force on October 25, 2025, contingent upon notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. It will be published in the EEA Section of and the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee is Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON. Relevant links: OJ L, 2023/2735, 6.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/2735/oj and ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/213/oj.
Key Entities Referenced
Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement: The part of the EEA Agreement being amended, focusing on statistics.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735: EU regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 regarding data collection for the labour force domain, being incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
EEA Joint Committee: The committee responsible for this decision.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/213 12.2.2026
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 250/2025
of 24 October 2025
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement[2026/213]
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) 2023/2735 of 28 September 2023 amending Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2020/256 as regards the ad hoc subject of collecting data for the labour force domain in 2026(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 18qe (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256) of Annex XXI to the EEA
Agreement:
‘— 32023 R 2735: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735 of 28 September 2023 (OJ L, 2023/2735,
6.12.2023).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2735 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 25 October 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, 24 October 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
(1) OJ L, 2023/2735, 6.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/2735/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/213/oj 1/1