Council Decision (EU) 2023/2821 of 4 December 2023 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment to Annexes V (Free movement of workers) and VI (Social security) and Protocol 31 (On cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) to the EEA Agreement (ELA Regulation)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annexes V (Free movement of workers) and VI (Social security) and Protocol 31 (On cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) to the EEA Agreement 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.

“3a The EFTA States shall participate fully in the Platform and shall have the same rights and obligations within it as EU Member States, except for the right to vote.”

“1a The EFTA States and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall participate fully in the Management Board and shall have the same rights and obligations within it as EU Member States and the Commission respectively, except for the right to vote.”

“5 The EFTA States shall participate in the contribution from the Union referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3. For this purpose, the procedures laid down in Article 82(1)(a) of and Protocol 32 to the EEA Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.”

“1a An EFTA State may designate the National Liaison Officer of another EFTA State or EU Member State as its National Liaison Officer.”

The following indent is added in point 1 (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the Parliament and of the Council) of Annex VI to the EEA Agreement: ‘– 32019 R 1149: Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 21).’

The text of the second indent of Article 15(9) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement (Decision (EU) 2016/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council) is deleted.

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made .

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