# L_2015230EN.01005201.xml

| 3.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 230/52 |
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3.9.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 230/52

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 244/2014

of 24 October 2014

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/1468]

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) | the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement was extended to include limited participation in the telecommunications sector of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (1) by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 157/2014 of 9 July 2014 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/92] (2). |
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(1)

the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement was extended to include limited participation in the telecommunications sector of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (1) by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 157/2014 of 9 July 2014 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2015/92] (2).

| (2) | it is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on guidelines for trans-European networks in the area of telecommunications infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC (3). |
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(2)

it is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on guidelines for trans-European networks in the area of telecommunications infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC (3).

| (3) | Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014, |
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(3)

Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in paragraph 5 of Article 2 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32014 R 0283: Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on guidelines for trans-European networks in the area of telecommunications infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 14).’ |
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32014 R 0283: Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on guidelines for trans-European networks in the area of telecommunications infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 14).’

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 2014.

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, 24 October 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129.

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(2)  
  OJ L 15, 22.1.2015, p. 85.

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(3)  
  OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 14.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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