DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 81/2020

of 12 June 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/530]

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) Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC ( 1 ) , as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35 , 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

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

Point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows:

(i) the following indent is added:

‘—

32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 ( OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13 ), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35 .’;

(ii) adaptations (a) and (b) are renumbered as adaptations (b) and (c);

(iii) the following adaptation is inserted before adaptation (b):

‘(a)

In Article 2(1)(i), as regards the EFTA States, the words “27 November 2015” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2020 of 12 June 2020”.’

The following is added in point 29da (Commission Directive 2007/14/EC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 ( OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13 ), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35 .’

Article 2

The text of Directive 2013/50/EU, as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35 , 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 ( * ) .

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 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13 .

( * ) Constitutional requirements indicated.