Legal provisions of SEC(2008)408 - Draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee amending Protocol 30 to the EEA agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics - Draft common position of the EC

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Draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee amending Protocol 30 to the EEA agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics - Draft common position of the Community /* SEC/2008/0408 final */


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Brussels, 3.4.2008

SEC(2008) 408 final

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

amending Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics

- Draft common position of the Community - (presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement contains specific provisions on the cooperation between the Community and the EEA EFTA States in the field of Statistics.

2. The attached draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee aims to modify Protocol 30 to extend cooperation in the field of Statistics. It provides a framework for cooperation and sets out the modalities for full participation, without the right to vote, of the EEA EFTA States in the Community programmes and actions in this field with effect from 1.1.2008, by incorporating:

32007 D 1578 : Decision No 1578/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 on the Community Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012 (OJ L 344, 28.12.2007, p. 15).

3. Article 1.3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 concerning the arrangements for implementing the EEA Agreement envisages that the Council establish the Community position for such Decisions on a proposal from the Commission.

4. The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee is submitted for the approval of the Council. The Commission would hope to be able to put forward the position of the Community in the EEA Joint Committee at the earliest possible opportunity.

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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, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Protocol 30 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of ….

(2) The statistical programme 1998 to 2002 is no longer applicable and should consequently be deleted under the Agreement.

(3) The structure of Protocol 30 should be simplified.

(4) This structural simplification shall have no bearing on the substance concerning the EEA statistical cooperation 2003 to 2007, as included into Protocol 30 by Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee Nos 163/2003 and 90/2004.

(5) The EEA Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012 is to be based on Decision No 1578/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 on the Community Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012 and is to include those programme elements which are necessary for describing and monitoring all relevant economic, social and environmental aspects of the European Economic Area.

(6) Protocol 30 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Contents

Article 1

Protocol 30 to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The list of committees agreed upon by the Contracting Parties to the Agreement and contained in the Agreed Minute Ad Protocol 30 of the negotiations for an agreement between the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and their Member States and the EFTA States on the European Economic Area shall be without prejudice to participation by the EFTA States in any other EC committee or body in accordance with Article 1(2) of Protocol 30 as amended by this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the Agreement*.

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

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 .