Considerations on COM(2015)225 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (Budget Lines)

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dossier COM(2015)225 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four ...
document COM(2015)225 EN
date June 23, 2015
 
table>(1)The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2)Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 thereto.

(3)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.

(4)It is appropriate to continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in actions funded from the general budget of the Union concerning ‘Operation and development of the internal market, particularly in the fields of notification, certification and sectoral approximation’ and ‘Implementation and development of the internal market’.

(5)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended, in order to allow for this extended cooperation to continue beyond 31 December 2014.

(6)The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft Decision,