2012/298/EU: Council Decision of 7 June 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 1

Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.   The EFTA States shall participate in the Community programmes and actions referred to in the first two indents of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 1996, in the programme referred to in the third indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2000, in the programme referred to in the fourth indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2001, in the programmes referred to in the fifth and sixth indents of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2002, in the programmes referred to in the seventh and eighth indents of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2004, in the programmes referred to in the ninth, tenth and eleventh indents of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2007, in the programme referred to in the twelfth indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2009 and in the programme referred to in the thirteenth indent of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 2012.’;

(2)

the following indent is added in paragraph 8:

‘—

32011 D 0940 : Decision No 940/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2011 on the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012) ( OJ L 246, 23.9.2011, p. 5 ).’.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2012.

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 .