Attachment
United Kingdom
DRAFT
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2015
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)
Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on a European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (‘EaSI’) and amending Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusionf1 was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 151/2014 of 27 June 2014f2.
(2)
The limited participation of Norway in the Programme should be extended to the Progress axis.
(3)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2015,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels,.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries
to the EEA Joint Committee