Considerations on COM(2016)218 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (ISA2 Programme)

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dossier COM(2016)218 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (ISA2 Programme).
document COM(2016)218 EN
date June  6, 2016
 
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 to the EEA Agreement (‘Protocol 31’).

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

(4)It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).

(5)Protocol 31 should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2016.

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