Article 1

Article 17 (Telematic interchange of data) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. 1..

   In paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:

   ‘The EFTA States shall, as from 1 January 2016, participate in the projects and activities of the programme of the Union referred to in paragraph 6(d).’.

2. 2..

   The following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 5:

   ‘5a.

   The EFTA States shall, as from the start of cooperation in the programme referred to in paragraph 6(d), participate fully, without the right to vote, in the Committee on Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (the ISA² Committee), which assists the European Commission in the implementation, management and development of that programme.’.

3. 3..

   In paragraph 6, the following point is added:

   ‘(d)

   with a view to participation as from 1 January 2016:

   • 32015 D 2240: Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 establishing a programme on interoperability solutions and common frameworks for European public administrations, businesses and citizens (ISA² programme) as a means for modernising the public sector (OJ L 318, 4.12.2015, p. 1).

     Liechtenstein shall be exempted from the participation in, and the financial contribution to, this programme.’.