Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 24/2000 of 25 February 2000 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
12. 4. 2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 103/51 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 24/2000 of 25 February 2000 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 áthe Agreementí, and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof, Whereas: (1) Protocol 31 to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 192/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 17 December 1999 (1). (2) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include Decision No 2179/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 1998 on the review of the European Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development Towards sustainabilityí (2), HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The following indent shall be added in the first indent in Article 3(1) of Protocol 31 to the Agreement: á- 398 D 2179: Decision No 2179/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 1998 on the review of the European Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development Towards sustainabilityö (OJ L 275, 10. 10. 1998, p. 1). í Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on 26 February 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*). (1) OJ L 74, 15. 3. 2001. (2) OJ L 275, 10. 10. 1998, p. 1. (*) No constitutional requirements indicated. L 103/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 4. 2001 This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 3 Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000. For the EEA Joint Committee The President F. BARBASO