DRAFT
DECISION No …/2012 OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
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, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of … .
(2)
It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection .
(3)
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for such extended cooperation to take place,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 10 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms:
9.
a
The Contracting Parties shall cooperate with each other in the fields covered by the following act:
- 32008 L 0114: Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 75).
b
With a view to achieving the aims set out in Directive 2008/114/EC, the Contracting Parties shall make use of the appropriate forms of cooperation mentioned in Article 80 of the EEA Agreement.
c
By virtue of Article 79(3) of the EEA Agreement, Part VII (Institutional Provisions) of the EEA Agreement, with the exception of Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 3, shall apply to this paragraph.
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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 EEA Agreement .
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 …, …
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee
OJ L …
OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 75.
[No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]