Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 109/2014 of 16 May 2014 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Date: 2014-05-16
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU financing, EU research policy, European Economic Area, Framework Programme for Research and Development, economic growth, higher education, innovation, knowledge economy, operation of the Institutions, research and development, research expenditure (EU), revision of an agreement, sustainable development, technological change




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30.10.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 109/2014
of 16 May 2014
         
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 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (1).












(2)


It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (2).












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following is added in paragraph 5:






‘—



32013 R 1291: Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104).




Liechtenstein shall be exempted from the participation in, and the financial contribution to, this programme.’
                           










2.


The following is added in paragraph 11(a):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32013 R 1292: Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 174).’
                                 














3.


The text of paragraph 11(b) is deleted.






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, 16 May 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104.

(2)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 174.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.