
Article 1 
The position to be adopted, on the Union's behalf, within 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, 12 May 2016.
For the Council
The President
F. MOGHERINI
Article 1 
In paragraphs 5 and 13 of Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, the words ‘and 2015’ are replaced by the words ‘, 2015 and 2016’.
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 2016.
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