
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 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 day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 3 December 2012.
For the Council
The President
N. SYLIKIOTIS
Article 1 
In paragraph 8c of Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, adaptation (e) shall be deleted.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
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 …,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee