Annexes to COM(2012)285 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement

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dossier COM(2012)285 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement.
document COM(2012)285 EN
date June 11, 2012
ANNEX

Draft

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No

of

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of …[3].

(2) It is appropriate to continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement in Union actions funded from the General Budget of the Union regarding the implementation, operation and development of the Internal Market.

(3) Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to continue beyond 31 December 2011,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 7 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The words “years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011” in paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the words “years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012”.

2. The words “years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011” in paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the words “years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012”.

3. The words “years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011” in paragraph 8 shall be replaced by the words “years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012”.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the Agreement*.

It shall apply from 1 January 2012.

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

[1]               OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.

[2]               OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.

[3]               OJ L …

* [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]