EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 205/39

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 35/95

of 19 May 1995

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 as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 11/94 of the EEA Joint Committee (1),

Whereas it appears appropriate to extend cooperation between the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include the third Community action programme to assist disabled people (Helios II 1993 to 1996) (Council Decision 93/136/EEC (2) and Council Decision 94/782/EC (3));

Whereas Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for such extension,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement shall be amended as set out in Articles 2 and 3 hereof.

Article 2

Paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be replaced by the following:

‘4. The EFTA States shall, during 1995, participate in the Community actions to assist disabled people according to the Work Programme in Appendix 1 to this Protocol. The EFTA States shall contribute financially in accordance with the “Budgetary Aspects” section of that Work Programme during this period. 5. The EFTA States shall, from 1 January 1996, participate in the Community programmes and actions referred to in paragraph 8. 6. From that date, the EFTA States shall contribute financially to the programmes and actions referred to in paragraph 8 in accordance with Article 82 (1) (a) of the Agreement. 7. The EFTA States shall, as from the start of the cooperation in the programmes and actions referred to in paragraph 8, participate fully in the EC committees which assist the Commission in the management or development of these programmes and actions. 8. The Contracting Parties shall seek in particular to strengthen cooperation in the framework of Community activities which may result from the following Community facts: — 393 D 0136: Council Decision 93/136/EEC of 25 February 1993 establishing a third Community action programme to assist disabled people (Helios II 1993 to 1996) (OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 30). — 394 D 0782: Council Decison 94/782/EC of 6 December 1994 concerning the continuance of the Handynet system in the framework of the activities undertaken to date on the first technical aids module (OJ No L 316, 9. 12. 1994, p. 42).’

Article 3

Former paragraphs 4 and 5 shall become paragraphs 9 and 10 respectively.

Article 4

An Appendix shall be added to Protocol 31 as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 June 1995, provided that all the notifications required under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 6

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1995. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Pablo BENAVIDES

(1) OJ No L 253, 29. 9. 1994, p. 34.

(2) OJ No L 56, 9. 3. 1993, p. 30.

(3) OJ No L 316, 9. 12. 1994, p. 42.