Council Decision (EU) 2025/1069 of 15 May 2025 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 (Budget Line 07 20 03 01 – Social Security) (Text with EEA relevance)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Protocol 31 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.

In paragraphs 5 and 14 of Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, the words ‘financial years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024’ are replaced by the words ‘financial years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025’.

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 2025.

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