L 138/98 Official Journal of the European Union 13.5.2014 COUNCIL DECISION of 6 May 2014 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 (2014/267EU) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 173(3) and 182(1) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for imple- menting the Agreement on the European Economic Area ('), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas: (1)  The Agreement on the European Economic Area (?) (the EEA Agreement) entered into force on 1 January 1994. (2) Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement. (3) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms. (4) Tt is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (). (5) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (¥). (6)  Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2014. (7)  The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision. () OJL305,30.11.1994,p. 6. () OJL1,3.1.1994,p. 3. () Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 — the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (O] L 347, 20.12.2013, .104). * FP){egula)tion (EU) No 1292/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (O] L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 174).