Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 100/2001 of 13 July 2001 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2001-07-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, budget, health policy, public health

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 100/2001

of 13 July 2001

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 amended 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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the Joint Committee of the EEA No
84/2000 of 2 October 2000 (1).

The EEA-EFTA States are presently participating in several programmes in the field of public health
which will expire in the years 2000 and 2001, while the entry into force of a European Community
programme succeeding those programmes is uncertain.

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include
Decision No 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001
extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by
Decisions No 645/96/EC, No 646/96/EC, No 647/96/EC, No 102/97/EC, No 1400/97/EC and No
1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions (2).

Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended
cooperation to take place, as regards Decisions No 645/96/EC (3), No 646/96/EC (4), No 647/
96/EC (5) and No 102/97/EC (6) from January 2001 and, as regards Decisions No 1400/97/EC (7) and
No 1296/1999/EC (8) from January 2002 and,

in all cases, until 31 December 2002,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In Article 16(1) of Protocol 31 to the Agreement, the following shall be added in indents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and
8:

‘, as amended by:

— 32001 D 0521: Decision No 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26
February 2001 extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health
adopted by Decisions No 645/96/EC, No 646/96/EC, No 647/96/EC, No 102/97/EC, No 1400/
97/EC and No 1296/1999/EC and amending those Decisions (OJ L 79, 17.3.2001, p. 1).’

This Decision shall enter into force on 14 July 2001, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1)
of the Agreement have been made to the Joint Committee of the EEA (*).

Article 2

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

(1) OJ L 315, 14.12.2000, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 79, 17.3.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 95, 16.4.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 95, 16.4.1996, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 95, 16.4.1996, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 19, 22.1.1997, p. 25.
(7) OJ L 193, 22.7.1997, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 7.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

E. BULL