2014/453/EU: Council Decision of 8 July 2014 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
2014/453/EU: Council Decision of 8 July 2014 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
Decision · 5 articles
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The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, 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.
The following is added in Paragraph 5 of Article 2 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
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32013 R 1316: Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 ( OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129 ).
The EFTA States shall only participate in the telecommunications sector of the Connecting Europe Facility.
Liechtenstein shall be exempted from the participation in, and the financial contribution to, this programme.’
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.