DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 12/2022

of 4 February 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1060]

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) 2021/1254 of 21 April 2021 correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive  ( 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 indent is added in point 31bah (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘-

32021 R 1254 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1254 of 21 April 2021 ( OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 6 ).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1254 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 5 February 2022, 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, 4 February 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 )    OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 6 .

( *1 )   No constitutional requirements indicated.