# Council Decision (EU) 2018/953 of 26 June 2018 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee, concerning the amendment of Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics (Text with EEA relevance), Attachment

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2018
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 2018 to 2020 should be based on Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 on the European statistical programme 2013-17, by extending it to 2020, 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)
Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 should be included in Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement in order to ensure that the cooperation is extended to 2020.
(3)
Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2018,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/953/attachment/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-953/attachment-1
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