Council Decision (EU) 2019/1191 of 8 July 2019 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 (Budget line 04 03 01 03 — Free movement of workers, co-ordination of social security schemes and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2019-07-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EEA Joint Committee, EU migration policy, European Economic Area, free movement of workers, integration of migrants, migrant, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement, social-security harmonisation, third country




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12.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 187/33








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/1191
of 8 July 2019
         
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 (Budget line 04 03 01 03 — Free movement of workers, co-ordination of social security schemes and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries)
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 46 and 48, in conjunction with Article 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 specific provisions on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.












(4)


It is appropriate to continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in Union actions funded from the general budget of the European Union regarding the free movement of workers, coordination of social security schemes and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries.












(5)


Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2019.












(6)


The position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The position to be adopted, on the Union's behalf, within 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 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 8 July 2019.


For the Council


The President

A.-K. PEKONEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.

(2)  
            OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.




DRAFT

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2019
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 continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in Union actions funded from the general budget of the European Union regarding the free movement of workers, coordination of social security schemes and measures for migrants, including migrants from third countries.












(2)


Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2019,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In paragraphs 5 and 13 of Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, the words ‘and 2018’ are replaced by the words ‘, 2018 and 2019’.


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 2019.


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,


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President


The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee






(*1)  [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]