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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 33/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2019/2069]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 33/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2019/2069]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 33/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2019/2069]
OJ L 323, 12.12.2019, pp. 65–66
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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12.12.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 323/65 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 33/2018
of 9 February 2018
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2019/2069]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
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(1) |
Pursuant to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 157/2014 of 9 July 2014 (1), the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement includes participation in the telecommunications sector of the Connecting Europe Facility established by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2). |
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It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) 2017/1953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 as regards the promotion of internet connectivity in local communities (3). |
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Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2018, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is added in the thirteenth (Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council) and fourteenth (Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council) indents in Article 2(5) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
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32017 R 1953: Regulation (EU) 2017/1953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017 (OJ L 286, 1.11.2017, p. 1).’ |
Article 2
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 2018.
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.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 2018.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 15, 22.1.2015, p. 85.
(2) OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129.
(3) OJ L 286, 1.11.2017, p. 1.
(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.