2012/228/EU: Council Decision of 24 April 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
The position to be taken by the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
The following point shall be inserted in Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement:
‘27c.
32011 R 0691 : Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on European environmental economic accounts ( OJ L 192, 22.7.2011, p. 1 ).
The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
(a)
with regard to Iceland, Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall be implemented within two years from the first transmission deadline;
(b)
Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union , shall be authentic.
This Decision shall enter into force on …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee ( *1 ) .
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union .
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