DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 18/94

of 28 October 1994

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas Directive 94/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on deposit-guarantee schemes(1) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following new point shall be inserted in Annex IX to the Agreement after point 19 (Commission Directive 91/31/EEC):

‘19A.

394 L 0019:

Directive 94/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on deposit-guarantee schemes (

OJ No L 135, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5

).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 94/19/EC in the Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 15 December 1994, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the

Official Journal of the European Communities

Done at Brussels, 28 October 1994.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H. HAFSTEIN

(1)

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