Date: 2023-01-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 246/2019 of 27 September 2019 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2023/51]
This document is a decision (No. 246/2019) of the EEA Joint Committee, dated September 27, 2019, amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement. The amendment extends cooperation between the Contracting Parties to include Decision (EU) 2019/420 of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 13, 2019, which amends Decision No. 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism. This extended cooperation took effect on March 21, 2019. The decision was made with regard to Articles 86 and 98 of the EEA Agreement. The President of the EEA Joint Committee, Gunnar Pálsson, signed the decision in Brussels. The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
EEA Joint Committee: The joint committee responsible for the management of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, an international agreement that enables the extension of the European Union's single market to countries in the European Free Trade Association.
European Parliament: The directly elected parliamentary assembly of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A part of the legislative branch of the European Union, it negotiates and adopts new EU laws.
Decision EU 2019/420: A decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism.
Decision No 1313/2013/EU: A decision on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism.
Brussels: The capital of Belgium and a major administrative centre for the European Union, where the EEA Joint Committee decision was done.
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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 246/2019
of 27 September 2019
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms [2023/51]
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) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to include Decision (EU) 2019/420 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2019amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil
Protection Mechanism(1).
(2) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly in order to allow for that extended
cooperation to take place from 21 March 2019,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following sub-indent shall be added in the indent (Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Article 10(8)(d) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32019 D 0420: Decision (EU) 2019/420 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2019
amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 77I, 20.3.2019, p. 1).’
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article
103(1) of the Agreement(*).
It shall apply from 21 March 2019.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
Union.
Done at Brussels, 27 September 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Gunnar PÁLSSON
(1) OJ L 77I, 20.3.2019, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.