DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 82/2020

of 12 June 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/531]

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) 2015/761 of 17 December 2014 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to certain regulatory technical standards on major holdings ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1437 of 19 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on access to regulated information at Union level ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 of 17 December 2018 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the specification of a single electronic reporting format ( 3 ) , as corrected by OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 85 , is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2100 of 30 September 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 with regard to updates of the taxonomy to be used for the single electronic reporting format ( 4 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) 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 is inserted after point 29da (Commission Directive 2007/14/EC):

‘29db.

32015 R 0761 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/761 of 17 December 2014 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to certain regulatory technical standards on major holdings ( OJ L 120, 13.5.2015, p. 2 ).

29dc.

32016 R 1437 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1437 of 19 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on access to regulated information at Union level ( OJ L 234, 31.8.2016, p. 1 ).

The provisions of the Delegated Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1 to this Agreement, and unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, references to official appointed mechanisms shall be understood to include, in addition to their meaning in the Delegated Regulation, the official appointed mechanisms in the EFTA States.

29dd.

32019 R 0815 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 of 17 December 2018 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the specification of a single electronic reporting format ( OJ L 143, 29.5.2019, p. 1 ), as corrected by OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 85 , as amended by:

— 32019 R 2100 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2100 of 30 September 2019 ( OJ L 326, 16.12.2019, p. 1 ).

The provisions of the Delegated Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

As regards the EFTA States, references to financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2020 shall be understood to refer to financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2021.’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/761, (EU) 2016/1437, (EU) 2019/815, as corrected by OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 85 , and (EU) 2019/2100 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 13 June 2020, 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 81/2020 of 12 June 2020 ( 5 ) , 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, 12 June 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 120, 13.5.2015, p. 2 .

( 2 ) OJ L 234, 31.8.2016, p. 1 .

( 3 ) OJ L 143, 29.5.2019, p. 1 .

( 4 ) OJ L 326, 16.12.2019, p. 1 .

( * ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 5 ) See page 26 of this Official Journal.