# Council Decision (EU) 2018/777 of 22 May 2018 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (budget line 02 04 77 03: ‘Preparatory action on defence research’) (Text with EEA relevance), Attachment

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/2018
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)
The cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement was extended by Joint Committee Decision No 208/2017 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 Union.
(2)
The EFTA States shall continue to participate in Union activities related to budget line 02 04 77 03: ‘Preparatory action on defence research’, entered into the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2018.
(3)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to continue from 1 January 2018,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/777/attachment/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-777/attachment-1
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