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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 160/2009 of 4 December 2009 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 160/2009 of 4 December 2009 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 160/2009 of 4 December 2009 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
OJ L 62, 11.3.2010, p. 67–68
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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 160/2009
of 4 December 2009
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 92/2009 of 3 July 2009 (1). |
(2) |
It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2), as amended by Council Regulations (EC) No 1643/95 (3), (EC) No 1654/2003 (4) and (EC) No 1112/2005 (5). |
(3) |
Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2010, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
In Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement, the following paragraph shall be added:
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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the Agreement (*3).
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.
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, 4 December 2009.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Oda Helen SLETNES
(1) OJ L 277, 22.10.2009, p. 47.
(2) OJ L 216, 20.8.1994, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 38.
(5) OJ L 184, 15.7.2005, p. 5.
(*3) Constitutional requirements indicated.