
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.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 6 May 2014.
For the Council
The President
G. STOURNARAS
Article 1 
Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:

1.. The following is added in paragraph 5:
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— 32013 R 1291: 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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104).
Liechtenstein shall be exempted from the participation in, and the financial contribution to, this programme.'
2.. The following is added in paragraph 11(a):
', as amended by:
— 32013 R 1292: Regulation (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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 174).'
3.. The text of paragraph 11(b) is deleted.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
Article 3 
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries
to the EEA Joint Committee