Decision (EU) 2018/4 on the position to be adopted within the EEA Joint Committee concerning amending the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee

Further information:

On 6 November 2017 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Decision on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union regarding a proposed amendment to the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee in order to add the Bulgarian, Romanian and Croatian languages.

The Council of the European Union approved the proposal on 18 December 2017.

Background:

Following the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area (EEA), signed on 25 July 2007 in Brussels, Article 129(1) of the EEA Agreement was amended to add Bulgarian and Romanian to the list of languages of the EEA Agreement.

The Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the EEA, signed on 11 April 2014 in Brussels, amended Article 129(1) of the EEA Agreement to add Croatian to the list of languages of the EEA Agreement.

The rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be amended accordingly.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)638: Proposal for a Decision on the position to be adopted within the EEA Joint Committee concerning amending the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:638:FIN

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