Considerations on COM(2022)743 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Cybersecurity Centre)

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dossier COM(2022)743 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Cybersecurity Centre).
document COM(2022)743 EN
date January 30, 2023
 
table>(1)The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.
(2)Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (‘Protocol 31’) to the EEA Agreement.

(3)It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) 2021/887 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 from 1 January 2023.

(5)The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,