Council Decision (EU) 2016/837 of 21 April 2016 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland

The signing of the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway, and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland is hereby authorised on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreements and Additional Protocols. The texts of the Agreements and the Additional Protocols are attached to this Decision.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreements and the Additional Protocols on behalf of the Union.

The Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 and the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021 shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with Article 3 and Article 11(3) of the Agreements, respectively, as from the first day of the first month following the deposit of the last notification to that effect, pending the completion of the procedures for the conclusion of the said Agreements. The Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway shall be applied provisionally as from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification to that effect, in accordance with Article 5(3) of the said Protocol. The Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland shall be applied provisionally as from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification to that effect, in accordance with Article 4(3) of the said Protocol.

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