Decision 2025/1069 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Budget Line 07 20 03 01 - Social Security)

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This decision entered into force on May 15, 2025.

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Council Decision (EU) 2025/1069 of 15 May 2025 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (Budget Line 07 20 03 01 – Social Security)
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2025/1069
Regdoc number ST(2025)8258
Original proposal COM(2025)182 EN
CELEX number i 32025D1069

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Key dates

Document 15-05-2025; Date of adoption
Effect 15-05-2025; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

 

Official Journal

of the European Union

EN

L series

 

 

2025/1069

23.5.2025

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/1069

of 15 May 2025

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (Budget Line 07 20 03 01 – Social Security)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 46 and 48 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2025.

For the Council

The President

  • M. 
    BARANOWSKI
 

 

DRAFT

DECISION No …/2025 OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

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 (the ‘EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

It is appropriate to continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in Union actions funded from the general budget of the Union regarding the free movement of workers, coordination of social security schemes and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries.

 

(2)

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In paragraphs 5 and 14 of Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, the words ‘financial years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024’ are replaced by the words ‘financial years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025’.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

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 …, …

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries

To the EEA Joint...


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