DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 21/2020

of 7 February 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/299]

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) 2019/1274 of 29 July 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to benchmarks in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1275 of 29 July 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to benchmarks in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 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

The following points are inserted after point 31lq (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1646) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘31lra.

32019 D 1274 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1274 of 29 July 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to benchmarks in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 201, 30.7.2019, p. 9 ).

31lrb.

32019 D 1275 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1275 of 29 July 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to benchmarks in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 201, 30.7.2019, p. 13 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2019/1274 and (EU) 2019/1275 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 8 February 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

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, 7 February 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 201, 30.7.2019, p. 9 .

( 2 ) OJ L 201, 30.7.2019, p. 13 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.