CELEX: 21994D0929(01)
Language: en
Date: 1994-08-12 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 10/94 of 12 August 1994 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

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21994D0929(01)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 10/94 of 12 August 1994 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms  

Official Journal L 253 , 29/09/1994 P. 0032 - 0033

DECISION OF  THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 10/94 of 12 August 1994 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on  cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedomsTHE 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 the Agreement, and in  particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof, Whereas Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement lays down the cooperation in the field of  research and technological development as regards the implementation of the Community third  framework programme (1990 to 1994)  (1) through its specific programmes; Whereas it is appropriate to extend this cooperation to the implementation of the Community fourth  framework programme (1994 to 1998)  (2) through its specific programmes; Whereas Protocol 31 should therefore be amended in order to allow this extended cooperation as from  the date of the adoption of the abovementioned fourth framework programme, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement shall be replaced by the  following: 'Article 1 Research and technological development 1.  The EFTA States shall, from 1 January 1994, participate in the implementation of the framework  programmes of Community activities in the field of research and technological development referred  to in paragraph 5, through participation in their specific programmes. 2.  The EFTA States shall contribute financially to the activities referred to in paragraph 5 in  accordance with Article 82 (1) (a) of the Agreement. 3.  The EFTA States shall participate fully in all the EC committees which assist the EC Commission  in the management, development and implementation of the activities referred to in paragraph 5. 4.  Given the particular nature of the cooperation foreseen in the field of research and  technological development, representatives of the EFTA States shall in addition be associated with  the work of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) and other EC committees which  the EC Commission consults in this field, to the extent necessary for the good functioning of that  cooperation. 5.  The following Community acts, as well as acts deriving therefrom, are the object of this  Article: -  390  D  0221: Council Decision 90/221/EEC/Euratom of 23 April 1990 concerning the framework  programme of Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1990 to  1994) (OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28), -  394  D  1110: Decision No 1110/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 April  1994 concerning the fourth framework programme of the European Community activities in the field of  research and technological development and demonstration (1994 to 1998) (OJ No L 126, 18. 5. 1994,  p. 1). 6.  Evaluation and major redirection of activities in the framework programmes of Community  activities in the field of research and technological development referred to in paragraph 5 shall  be governed by the procedure referred to in Article 79 (3) of the Agreement. 7.  The Agreement shall be without prejudice, on the one hand, to the bilateral cooperation taking  place under the framework programme for Community activities in the field of research and  technological development (1987 to 1991)  (*) and, on the other hand, in so far as they concern  cooperation which is not covered by the Agreement, to the bilateral framework agreements for  scientific and technical cooperation between the Community and the EFTA States. ` Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on 1 November 1994 provided that all the  notifications required under Article 103 (1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint  Committee. 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, 12 August 1994. For the EEA Joint Committee The President H. HAFSTEIN (*)  387  D  0516: Council Decision 87/516/Euratom/EEC of 28 September 1987 (OJ  No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1).