4.10.2012 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 270/44 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 121/2012
of 15 June 2012
amending Protocol 31 (on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement
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, 98 and 101 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 101/2012 of 30 April 2012 (1). |
(2) |
Protocol 37 to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 61/2012 of 30 March 2012 (2). |
(3) |
It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 912/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 setting up the European GNSS Agency, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio navigation programmes and amending Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). |
(4) |
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place. As regards the participation of Norway, account should also be taken in this regard of the Cooperation Agreement on Satellite Navigation between the European Union and its Member States and Norway (4), and in particular its Article 6 on security. However, due to economic constraints, the participation of Iceland in the GNSS programmes should be suspended temporarily. |
(5) |
For the EEA Agreement to function well, Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement is to be extended to include the Security Accreditation Board for European GNSS systems and the Administrative Board set up by Regulation (EU) No 912/2010, and Protocol 31 is to be amended in order to specify the procedures for participation, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Article 1 (Research and technological development) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(1) |
the text of paragraph 8 shall be replaced by the following:
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(2) |
the following shall be added in point (a) of paragraph 8a: ‘, as amended by:
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Article 2
Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(1) |
the texts of points 30 and 31 shall be deleted; |
(2) |
the following points shall be inserted:
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Article 3
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 (*1).
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
Article 4
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 2012.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The Acting President
Gianluca GRIPPA
(1) OJ L 248, 13.9.2012, p. 39.
(2) OJ L 207, 2.8.2012, p. 41.
(3) OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 283, 29.10.2010, p. 12.
(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.