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12.6.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
151/3
COUNCIL DECISION
of 7 June 2012
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an
amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms
(2012/298/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(3) Protocol
31
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
therefore
be
amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
to take place from 1 January 2012.
Union, and in particular Article 153(2), in conjunction with
Article 218(9) thereof,
(4) The
position
of
the
Union
in
the
EEA
Joint
Committee
should be based on the attached draft Decision,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of
28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
the Agreement on the European Economic Area ( 1 ), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Article 1
The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to
the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the
Whereas:
EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
(1) Protocol 31 to the Agreement on the European
Article 2
Economic Area
( 2 ) (‘the EEA Agreement’) contains
specific provisions and arrangements concerning
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(2) It
is
appropriate
to
extend
the
cooperation
of
the Done at Luxembourg, 7 June 2012.
Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include
Decision No 940/2011/EU of the European Parliament
For the Council
and of the Council of 14 September 2011 on the
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity
The President
between Generations (2012) ( 3 ).
M. BDSKOV
( 1 ) OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.
( 2 ) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.
( 3 ) OJ L 246, 23.9.2011, p. 5.

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L 151/4
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Official Journal of the European Union
12.6.2012
DRAFT
DECISION No …/2012 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,
as from 1 January 2004, in the programmes referred to in
the ninth, tenth and eleventh indents of paragraph 8 as
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
from 1 January 2007, in the programme referred to in
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
the twelfth indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January
on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and
2009 and in the programme referred to in the thirteenth
in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2012.’;
Whereas:
(2) the following indent is added in paragraph 8:
(1) It
is
appropriate
to
extend
the
cooperation
of
the
‘— 32011 D 0940: Decision No 940/2011/EU of the
Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include
European Parliament and of the Council of
Decision No 940/2011/EU of the European Parliament
14 September 2011 on the European Year for Active
and of the Council of 14 September 2011 on the
Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012) (OJ
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity
L 246, 23.9.2011, p. 5).’.
between Generations (2012) ( 1 ).
Article 2
(2) Protocol
31
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
therefore
be
amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation
This Decision shall enter into force on … , provided that all the
to take place from 1 January 2012,
notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have
been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
Article 1
Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be
Article 3
amended as follows:
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in
the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
(1) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
Union.
‘5. The
EFTA
States
shall
participate
in
the
Community
programmes and actions referred to in the first two indents
of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 1996, in the programme
Done at Brussels,.
referred to in the third indent of paragraph 8 as from
1 January 2000, in the programme referred to in the
fourth indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2001, in
For the EEA Joint Committee
the programmes referred to in the fifth and sixth indents of
paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2002, in the programmes
The Secretaries
referred to in the seventh and eighth indents of paragraph 8
The President
to the EEA Joint Committee
(*) [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional
( 1 ) OJ L 246, 23.9.2011, p. 5.
requirements indicated.]

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