2014/784/EU: Council Decision of 7 November 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 (Budget Lines 02.03.01 and 12.02.01)
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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.
Article 7 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 8: ‘9. The EFTA States shall, as from 1 January 2014, participate in the Union actions related to the following budget lines, entered into the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014: — Budget line 02.03.01 : “Operation and development of the internal market, particularly in the fields of notification, certification and sectoral approximation”, — Budget line 12.02.01 : “Implementation and development of the internal market”. The costs incurred for activities the implementation of which starts after 1 January 2014, may be considered eligible as from the beginning of the action under the grant agreement or the grant decision concerned provided that Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/2014 of … enters into force before the end of the action.’ 2. The words ‘paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8’ in paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the words ‘paragraphs 5 to 9’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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.
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union .
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