
Article 1 
The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of 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 Luxembourg, 26 June 2018.
For the Council
The President
E. ZAHARIEVA
Article 1 
Article 7 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

((1)) In paragraph 12, the words ‘and 2017’ are replaced by the words ‘, 2017 and 2018’.
((2)) In paragraph 14, the words ‘the financial year 2017’ are replaced by the words ‘the financial years 2017 and 2018’.
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 2018.
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