Council Decision (EU) 2021/1918 of 28 October 2021 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment of Protocol 31 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms and of Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101 to the EEA Agreement (Space Programme of the Union) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2021-10-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EEA Joint Committee, EU office or agency, EU programme, European Economic Area, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement, satellite communications, satellite navigation, space policy, space technology, use of outer space








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4.11.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 389/19








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/1918
of 28 October 2021
         
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment of Protocol 31 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms and of Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101 to the EEA Agreement (Space Programme of the Union)
(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 Article 189(2), 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 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (‘Protocol 31’) and Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101 (‘Protocol 37’) to the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. Only Norway and Iceland are concerned by this amendment.












(4)


Protocol 31 and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement should be amended accordingly.












(5)


The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee,





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 of Protocol 31 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms and of Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101 to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee (4).


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 28 October 2021.


For the Council


The President

G. DOVŽAN
            





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

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

(3)  Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013, (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69).

(4)  See document ST 12908/21 at http://register.consilium.europa.eu