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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/1967",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1967 of 23 October 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (The Union's preparatory action on defence research)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1967\nof 23 October 2017\non the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (The Union's preparatory action on defence research)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, and in particular Articles 54(2)(b), 84(2) and Article 124 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement.\n(3)\nProtocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include the participation of the EFTA States in the Union's preparatory action on defence research which is funded from the general budget of the European Union.\n(5)\nIt is appropriate that the participation of the EFTA States in the activities financed from budget line 02 04 77 03 commence from 11 April 2017 even if the attached decision of the EEA Joint Committee is adopted, or if the fulfilment of constitutional requirements for that decision, if any, is notified, after 10 July 2017.\n(6)\nInstitutions, undertakings, organizations and nationals of the EFTA States should be entitled to participate in activities which start before the entry into force of this Decision. The costs incurred for their participation in such activities, the implementation of which starts after 11 April 2017, should be considered eligible under the same conditions as those applicable to costs incurred by institutions, undertakings, organizations and nationals of the EU Member States, provided that the attached decision of the EEA Joint Committee has entered into force before the end of the preparatory action concerned.\n(7)\nProtocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 11 April 2017.\n(8)\nThe position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3."
    }
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