DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 249/2022

of 23 September 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/778]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards the integration of sustainability factors, risks and preferences into certain organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 amending Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 as regards the integration of sustainability factors into the product governance obligations ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following indent is added in point 31bah (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565):

‘—

32021 R 1253 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 ( OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 1 ).’

The following is added in point 31bazj (Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593):

‘, as amended by:

— 32021 L 1269 : Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 ( OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 137 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 and Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union , shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 24 September 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( * ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 151/2022 of 29 April 2022 ( 3 ) , whichever is the later.

Article 4

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, 23 September 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

( 1 ) OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 1 .

( 2 ) OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 137 .

( * ) Constitutional requirements indicated.

( 3 ) OJ L 246, 22.9.2022, p. 115 .