DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 17/2020

of 7 February 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/295]

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 Regulation (EU) 2019/439 of 15 February 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 as regards benchmark portfolios, reporting templates and reporting instructions to be applied in the Union for the reporting referred to in Article 78(2) of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/912 of 28 May 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 650/2014 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the information to be disclosed by competent authorities in accordance with Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/536 of 29 March 2019 amending Implementing Decision 2014/908/EU as regards the lists of third countries and territories whose supervisory and regulatory requirements are considered equivalent for the purposes of the treatment of exposures in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) 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 14at (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/908/EU):

‘—

32019 D 0536 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/536 of 29 March 2019 ( OJ L 92, 1.4.2019, p. 3 ).’

The following is added in point 14j (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 650/2014):

‘, as amended by:

— 32019 R 0912 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/912 of 28 May 2019 ( OJ L 146, 5.6.2019, p. 3 ).’

The following indent is added in point 14m (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070):

‘—

32019 R 0439 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/439 of 15 February 2019 ( OJ L 90, 29.3.2019, p. 1 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2019/439 and (EU) 2019/912 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/536 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 90, 29.3.2019, p. 1 .

( 2 ) OJ L 146, 5.6.2019, p. 3 .

( 3 ) OJ L 92, 1.4.2019, p. 3 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.