Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 27/1999

of 26 February 1999

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 54/98 of the EEA Joint Committee of 3 June 1998(1);

Whereas it is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include the fifth framework programme of the European Community activities in the field of research and technological development and demonstration (1998 to 2002) (Decision No 182/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2));

Whereas Protocol 31 to the Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from the entry into force of the fifth framework programme,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in Article 1(5) of Protocol 31 to the Agreement:

"- 399 D 0182: Decision No 182/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 1998 concerning the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998 to 2002) (OJ L 26, 1.2.1999, p. 1)."

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 30 June 1999, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

It shall apply from the entry into force of the fifth framework programme.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 26 February 1999.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 30, 4.2.1999, p. 57.

(2) OJ L 26, 1.2.1999, p. 1.