
Article 1 
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 2018.
For the Council
The President
E. ZAHARIEVA
Article 1 
Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

((1)) The word ‘2017’ in the title of Article 5 is replaced by the word ‘2020’.
((2)) The following indent is added in Article 5(1):
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— 32017 R 1951: Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2017, p. 1).'.
((3)) The words ‘2013-17’ and ‘31 December 2017’ in Article 5(2) are replaced by the words ‘2013-20’ and ‘31 December 2020’.
((4)) The words ‘2013 to 2017’ in Article 5(3) are replaced by the words ‘2013 to 2020’.
((5)) The text of Article 5(4) is replaced by the following:
'The EFTA States shall contribute financially in accordance with Article 82(1)(a) of the Agreement and the Financial Regulations thereto to an amount representing 75 per cent of the amount shown in budget lines 29 02 05 (European statistical programme 2013-17) and 29 01 04 05 (Statistical information policy – Expenditure on administrative management) entered in the budget of the European Union for 2013 and to an amount representing 75 per cent of the amount shown in budget lines 29 02 01 (Providing quality statistical information, implementing new methods of production of European statistics and strengthening the partnership within the European Statistical System) and 29 01 04 01 (Support expenditure for the European statistical programme) entered in the budget of the European Union for 2014 to 2020.'.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made.
It shall apply from 1 January 2018.
Article 3 
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,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee