DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 155/2026

of 30 April 2026

amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement [2026/1532]

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) Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 of 29 October 2021 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on health care expenditure and financing ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is inserted after point 18of (Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294) of Annex XXI to the EEA Agreement:

‘18og.

32021 R 1901 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 of 29 October 2021 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on health care expenditure and financing ( OJ L 387, 3.11.2021, p. 110 ).

The Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

The following paragraph is added in Article 3:

“Liechtenstein is exempted from providing the data series day curative care (HC.1.2) and day rehabilitative care (HC.2.2) and day long-term care (HC.3.2) separately. Day curative care (HC.1.2) is included in outpatient curative care (HC.1.3), day rehabilitative care (HC.2.2) is included in outpatient rehabilitative care (HC.2.3) and day long-term care (HC.3.2) is included in outpatient long-term care (HC.3.3). Liechtenstein is exempted from providing data series HF.2.3 (enterprise financing schemes).”.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2021/1901 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union , shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2026, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

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 .

Done at Brussels, 30 April 2026.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 387, 3.11.2021, p. 110 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1532/oj

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