Attachment
United Kingdom
DRAFT
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2014
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)
The EEA statistical programme 2014 to 2017 should be based on Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf1 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1383/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 on the European statistical programme 2013-17f2 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.
(2)
The EEA statistical programme 2003 to 2007 is no longer applicable and should consequently be deleted under the EEA Agreement.
(3)
Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries
to the EEA Joint Committee