2014/785/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 (consumer protection)
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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 6 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 3a: ‘3b. The EFTA States shall, with effect from 1 January 2014, participate in the following programme: — 32014 R 0254 : Regulation (EU) No 254/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on a multiannual consumer programme for the years 2014-20 and repealing Decision No 1926/2006/EC ( OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 42 ). 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 grаnt decision concerned provided that Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/2014 of … enters into force before the end of the action. Liechtenstein shall be exempted from the participation in, and the financial contribution to, this programme.’ 2. The text of paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘The EFTA States shall contribute financially to the activities referred to in paragraphs 3, 3a and 3b in accordance with Article 82(1)(a) of the Agreement.’ 3. The text of paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘The EFTA States shall, as from the start of cooperation in the activities referred to in paragraphs 3, 3a and 3b, participate fully, without the right to vote, in the EC committees and other bodies which assist the EC Commission in the management or development of these activities.’
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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