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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 65/2007 of 15 June 2007 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 65/2007 of 15 June 2007 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 65/2007 of 15 June 2007 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
OJ L 304, 22.11.2007, p. 47–48
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 11 Volume 039 P. 207 - 208
In force
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22.11.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 304/47 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 65/2007
of 15 June 2007
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:
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(1) |
Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 138/2006 of 27 October 2006 (1). |
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(2) |
It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include Decision No 1672/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity — Progress (2), as corrected by OJ L 65, 3.3.2007, p. 12. |
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Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place with effect from 1 January 2007, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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Paragraph 5 shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. The EFTA States shall participate in the Community programmes and actions referred to in the first two indents of paragraph 8 as from 1 January 1996, in the programme referred to in the third indent as from 1 January 2000, in the programme referred to in the fourth indent as from 1 January 2001, in the programmes referred to in the fifth and sixth indents as from 1 January 2002, in the programmes referred to in the seventh and eighth indents as from 1 January 2004 and in the programmes referred to in the ninth and tenth indents as from 1 January 2007.’ |
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The following indent shall be added in paragraph 8:
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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 2007.
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, 15 June 2007.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Alan SEATTER
(1) OJ L 366, 21.12.2006, p. 83.
(2) OJ L 315, 15.11.2006, p. 1.
(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.