Article 1

The position to be taken by the Union in the Joint Committee established by Article 14 of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The Declaration set out in Annex II to this Decision is hereby approved and shall be made on behalf of the Union in the Joint Committee when the latter adopts its Decision referred to in Article 1.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. Sawicki