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8.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
309/21
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 139/2012
of 13 July 2012
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
‘6. Evaluation and major direction of activities in the
framework programmes of Union activities in the field of
research and technological development referred to in para
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
graphs 5, 8a, 8c, 9 and 10 shall be governed by the
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
procedure referred to in Article 79(3) of the Agreement.’;
on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and
in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
(2) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 8b:
Whereas:
‘8c. (a) The EFTA States shall, as from 1 January 2012,
participate in the activities which may result from
(1) Protocol
31
to
the
EEA
Agreement
was
amended
by
the following Union act:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 122/2012 of
15 June 2012 ( 1 ).
— 32010 R 0911: Regulation (EU) No 911/2010
of the European Parliament and of the Council
(2) A
comprehensive
earth
monitoring
system
is
of
central
of 22 September 2010 on the European Earth
importance to the sustainable management of northern
monitoring programme (GMES) and its initial
Europe and the Arctic.
operations (2011 to 2013) (OJ L 276,
20.10.2010, p. 1);
(3) Norway
has
contributed
to
the
development
of
the
European Earth Monitoring programme (GMES), both
(b) the EFTA States shall contribute financially to the
in the Seventh Framework Programme of the European
activities referred to under (a) in accordance with
Community for research, technological development and
Article 82(1)(a) of and Protocol 32 to the
demonstration activities (2007-2013) and as member of
Agreement;
the European Space Agency.
(c) the EFTA States shall participate fully, without the
(4) It
is
appropriate
to
extend
the
cooperation
of
the
right to vote, in all the Union committees which
Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include
assist the European Commission in the
Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 of the European
management, development and implementation of
Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010
the activities referred to under (a), namely the
on the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES)
GMES Committee, the Security Board and the
and its initial operations (2011 to 2013) ( 2 ).
User Forum;
(5) Protocol
31
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
therefore
be
(d) this paragraph shall not apply to Liechtenstein;
amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation
to take place from 1 January 2012,
(e) with regard to Iceland, this paragraph shall be
suspended until otherwise decided by the EEA
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Joint Committee.’.
Article 1
Article 2
Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last
amended as follows:
notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of
the Agreement (*).
(1) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
( 1 ) OJ L 270, 4.10.2012, p. 46.
( 2 ) OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 1. (*)
No
constitutional
requirements
indicated.

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Official Journal of the European Union
8.11.2012
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, 13 July 2012.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Atle LEIKVOLL

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