Article 1
The position to be adopted by the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as regards the replacement of Protocol 4 to that Agreement, on rules of origin, by a new Protocol which is aligned to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision. Technical changes to the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee without further decision of the Council.