Considerations on COM(2018)333 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Budget Line 02.03.01 Internal Market and Budget line 02.03.04 Internal Market Governance Tools)

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dossier COM(2018)333 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Budget Line 02.03.01 Internal Market and Budget ...
document COM(2018)333 EN
date June 26, 2018
 
table>(1)The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘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 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (‘Protocol 31’) to the EEA Agreement.

(3)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.

(4)It is appropriate to continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in Union actions funded from the general budget of the Union regarding the operation and development of the internal market of goods and services and regarding internal market governance tools.

(5)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 1 January2018.

(6)The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,