Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee amending Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement, on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics

In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity of the Internal Market, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant EU legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee (annexed to the proposed Council Decision) aims to amend Protocol 30. The EEA EFTA States aim to continue their participation in the EU multiannual statistical programme. As the financial envelope of the European statistical programme 2013-17 has been set for 2013 only, and although the financial framework for 2014 to 2017 remains to be decided upon, participation in the programme for 2013 should already be decided upon by the EEA Joint Committee.

Thus, the draft JCD incorporates the new European statistical programme 2013-17 into Protocol 30 to the EEA Agreement for the year 2013.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)335: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:335:FIN

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