Considerations on COM(2024)47 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (ASAP)

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dossier COM(2024)47 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (ASAP).
document COM(2024)47
date March  4, 2024
 
(1) The Agreement on the European Economic Area5 ('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 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.

(3) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) 2023/1525 of the European Parliament and of the Council6.

(4) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement therefore be amended accordingly to allow for this extended cooperation to take place.

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