2014/786/EU: Council Decision of 7 November 2014 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms (Galileo)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within 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 date of its adoption.

‘8d (a) The EFTA States shall participate in the activities which may result from the following Union act: 32011 D 1104: Decision No 1104/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the rules for access to the public regulated service provided by the global navigation satellite system established under the Galileo programme (OJ L 287, 4.11.2011, p. 1). (b) The EFTA States may become PRS participants subject to the conclusion of the agreements referred to in Article 3(5)(a) and (b) of Decision No 1104/2011/EU. (c) The participation of EFTA States in the various committees and groups of experts related to the PRS shall be addressed in their corresponding rules of procedure. (d) Article 10 of Decision No 1104/2011/EU shall not apply to the EFTA States. (e) This paragraph shall not apply to Liechtenstein. (f) With regard to Iceland, this paragraph shall be suspended until otherwise decided by the EEA Joint Committee.’

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

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