Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement (Energy Statistics)

In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity of the Internal Market, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant EU legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee aims to amend Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement in order to incorporate Commission Regulation (EU) No 431/2014 of 24 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of annual statistics on energy consumption in households, into the EEA Agreement.

The EEA EFTA States are requesting derogations to EU acquis for Liechtenstein and Iceland. Since these adaptations introduce changes which are more than mere technical adjustments, as foreseen in Article 1(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94, the corresponding EU position shall be adopted by the Council.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)328: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:328:FIN

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