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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/…
of
amending Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics
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)
Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the European statistical programme 2013-17f1 sets the financial envelope for 2013 for the implementation of the European statistical programme 2013-17. The financial allocation for the period 2014 to 2017 is yet to be decided upon.
(2)
The EEA statistical programme 2013 should be based on Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 and should include those programme elements which are necessary for the description and monitoring of all relevant economic, social and environmental aspects of the European Economic Area.
(3)
Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from1 January 2013.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels, ….
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee