DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 251/2022

of 23 September 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/780]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/551 of 4 April 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/85 on the equivalence to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the regulatory framework of the United States of America for central counterparties that are authorised and supervised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is added in point 31bcaz (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/85) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32022 D 0551 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/551 of 4 April 2022 ( OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 82 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/551 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  ( * ) .

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 107, 6.4.2022, p. 82 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.