2010/383/: Council Decision of 29 June 2010 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (budget lines)

The position to be adopted by the Union in the EEA Joint Committee on an envisaged amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms is to approve the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 7 of Protocol 31 to the Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 1. The words ‘years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009’ in paragraph 6 are replaced by the words ‘years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010’. 2. The words ‘years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009’ in paragraph 7 are replaced by the words ‘years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010’. 3. The words ‘years 2008 and 2009’ in paragraph 8 are replaced by the words ‘years 2008, 2009 and 2010’.

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 1 January 2010.

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.