DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 254/2016

of 2 December 2016

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2018/1190]

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:

(1)	It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work (1).

(2)	Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of Article 15(9) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘The EFTA States shall participate in the cooperation provided in the following EU acts:

—	32014 D 0573: Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 32). The EFTA States shall participate fully, without the right to vote, in the Board of the Network.

—	32016 D 0344: Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on establishing a European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work (OJ L 65, 11.3.2016, p. 12).’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*1).

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, 2 December 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.