# Council Decision of 6 May 2014 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 (2014/268/EU)         

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# Council Decision

# of 6 May 2014

# 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                     

# (2014/268/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 165(4) and 166(4) and 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)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the                              four freedoms.

(4)It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013                              of the European Parliament and of the Council(3).

(5)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.

(6)The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The position to be adopted by the Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement,                     on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee                     attached to this Decision.                  

# Article 2U.K.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 May 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

G. Stournaras                            

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# DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No .../2014

# 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 extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013                                    of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education,                                    training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC(4).

(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 2014,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

Article 4 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 2m:

## ‘2n.The EFTA States shall, with effect from 1 January 2014, participate in the following programme:

                    -  **32013 R 1288**: Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing “Erasmus+”:                                             the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and                                             No 1298/2008/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50).’                                        

The text of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘The EFTA States shall contribute financially in accordance with Article 82(1)(a) of the Agreement to the programmes and actions                                       referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2i, 2j, 2k, 2l, 2m and 2n.’                                 

# Article 2U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement(5).                        

It shall apply from 1 January 2014.

# Article 3U.K.

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

Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the                              Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC                              (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50).                           

4

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50.                           

5

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