Council Decision (EU) 2023/270 of 30 January 2023 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 (CEDEFOP) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/270
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be adopted, on the Union’s behalf, 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 1

The text of paragraph 6 of Article 4 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

‘(a)

The EFTA States shall, with effect from 1 January 2023, participate in the activities which may result from the following Union act:

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32019 R 0128 : Regulation (EU) 2019/128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 ( OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 90 ).

(b)

The EFTA States shall contribute financially to the activities referred to under (a) in accordance with Article 82(1)(a) of and Protocol 32 to the Agreement.

(c)

The EFTA States shall participate fully, without the right to vote, in the Management Board of Cedefop.

(d)

By way of derogation from Articles 12(2)(a) and 82(3)(a) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, nationals of the EFTA States enjoying their full rights as citizens may be engaged under contract by the Executive Director of Cedefop.

(e)

By way of derogation from Articles 12(2)(e), 82(3)(e) and 85(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, the languages referred to in Article 129(1) of the Agreement shall be considered by Cedefop, in respect of its staff, as languages of the Union referred to in Article 55(1) of the Treaty on European Union.

(f)

Cedefop shall have legal personality. It shall enjoy in all the States of the Contracting Parties the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws.

(g)

The EFTA States shall grant privileges and immunities to Cedefop and its staff equivalent to those contained in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Union.

(h)

Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents shall, for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/696, apply to any documents of Cedefop regarding the EFTA States as well.’.

Article 2

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

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement  ( * ) .

It shall apply from 1 January 2023.

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 .