Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 83/2000 of 2 October 2000 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2000-10-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: accident in the home, action programme, health policy, illness, medical research, pollution

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 83/2000

of 2 October 2000

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 (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), and in
particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 37/2000 of the EEA Joint Committee
of 31 March 2000 (1).

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include a
programme of Community action on injury prevention in the framework for action in the field of
public health (Decision No 372/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2)) and a
programme of Community action on pollution-related diseases in the context of the framework for
action in the field of public health (Decision No 1296/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council (3)).

(3)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended
cooperation to take place from 1 January 2000,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 16 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indents shall be added in paragraph 1:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 399 D 0372: Decision No 372/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8
February 1999 adopting a programme of Community action on injury prevention in the
framework for action in the field of public health (1999 to 2003) (OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 1),

(cid:151) 399 D 1296: Decision No 1296/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29
April 1999 adopting a programme of Community action on pollution-related diseases in the
context of the framework for action in the field of public health (1999 to 2001) (OJ L 155,
22.6.1999, p. 7).(cid:146)

2. The text of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)The EFTA States shall participate in the Community programmes and actions referred to in the first
three indents of paragraph 1 as from 1 January 1996, in the programme referred to in the fourth
indent as from 1 January 1997, in the programme referred to in the fifth indent as from 1 January
in the programmes referred to in the sixth, seventh and eighth indents as from 1 January
1998,
2000.(cid:146)

(1) OJ L 141, 15.6.2000, p. 65.
(2) OJ L 46, 20.2.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 7.

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This Decision shall enter into force on 15 December 2000, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 2

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

Article 3

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, 2 October 2000.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

G. S. GUNNARSSON

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.