Council Decision of 3 December 2012 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 (on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) to the EEA Agreement (2012/747/EU)
EU Decision 2012/747 · Adopted 3 December 2012 · Extends to United Kingdom
Council Decision
of 3 December 2012
on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 (on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) to the EEA Agreement
(2012/747/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 189, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Areaf1, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The Agreement on the European Economic Areaf2 (‘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 thereto.
(3)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
(4)
(5)
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 139/2012 provided for the suspension of the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 to Iceland, until otherwise decided by the EEA Joint Committee.
(6)
It is appropriate to terminate the suspension of the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 to Iceland from 1 January 2013.
(7)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8)
The position of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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1
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Signature
Done at Brussels, 3 December 2012.
For the Council
The President
N. Sylikiotis
DRAFT
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2012
of …
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
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)
(2)
The suspension of the applicability of Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 to Iceland should be terminated.
(3)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this termination to take effect from 1 January 2013,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee
1
In paragraph 8c of Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, adaptation (e) shall be deleted.
2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreementf1.
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.