Council Decision (EU) 2023/273 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 (Cybersecurity Centre) (Text with EEA relevance)
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The position to be adopted, on behalf of the 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.
In Article 2 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, the following point shall be inserted after point 7 (trans-European telecommunications networks): ‘8. (a) From 1 January 2023, the EFTA States shall participate in the activities which may result from the following act: (1) 32021 R 0887 : Regulation (EU) 2021/887 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and the Network of National Coordination Centres ( OJ L 202, 8.6.2021, p. 1 ). (b) The EFTA States shall participate fully in the Governing Board and shall have the same rights and obligations within it as EU Member States, except for the right to vote. (c) Nationals of the EFTA States shall be eligible as members of the Strategic Advisory Group. (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 the Competence Centre. (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 the Competence Centre, in respect of its staff, as languages of the Union referred to in Article 55(1) of the Treaty on European Union. (f) The EFTA States shall grant privileges and immunities to the Competence Centre and its staff equivalent to those contained in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Union. (g) 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 the Competence Centre regarding the EFTA States as well. (h) By virtue of Article 79(3) of the Agreement, Part VII (Institutional Provisions) of the Agreement shall apply to this paragraph.’.
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 2023.
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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