Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms

The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee (annexed to the proposed Council Decision) aims to amend Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.

First of all, cooperation would be extended to include Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network. Secondly, cooperation would be extended to the field of sport.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)231: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:231:FIN

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