Article 1

The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 10 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms:

‘9.

(a)

The Contracting Parties shall cooperate with each other in the fields covered by the following act:

• 32008 L 0114: Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 75).

(b)

With a view to achieving the aims set out in Directive 2008/114/EC, the Contracting Parties shall make use of the appropriate forms of cooperation mentioned in Article 80 of the EEA Agreement.

(c)

By virtue of Article 79(3) of the EEA Agreement, Part VII (Institutional Provisions) of the EEA Agreement, with the exception of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 3, shall apply to this paragraph.’.