Considerations on COM(2025)182 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Budget Line 07 20 03 01 - Social Security)

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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.

(3)It is appropriate to continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement concerning the free movement of workers, coordination of social security systems and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries.

(4)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2025.

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