2013/207/EU: Council Decision of 22 April 2013 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

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

Paragraphs 5 and 12 of Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: The words ‘year 2012’ are replaced by ‘years 2012 and 2013’.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement . It shall apply from 1 January 2013.

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