Legal provisions of COM(2024)96 - Signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 - April 2028, the Agreement between Norway and the EU on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 - April 2028, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement with Norway and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement with Iceland

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Article 1

The signing of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 – April 2028, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 – April 2028, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreements and Protocols.

The texts of the Agreements and the Protocols to be signed are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Council General Secretariat shall establish the instrument giving the person(s) indicated by the negotiator full powers to sign the Agreements and Protocols, subject to their conclusion.

Article 3

Subject to its conclusion at a later date and pending its entry into force, the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 – April 2028 and the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 – April 2028 shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with respectively Article 3 and paragraph 3 of Article 10 of the Agreements, as from the first day of the first month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect.

Subject to its conclusion at a later date and pending its entry into force, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 5 of the Protocol, as from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect.

Subject to its conclusion at a later date and pending its entry into force, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 4 of the Protocol, as from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect.


Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on ....