DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 351/2021

of 10 December 2021

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/703]

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) 2021/583 of 9 April 2021 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 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 is added in point 31bcaj (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32021 D 0583 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/583 of 9 April 2021 ( OJ L 124, 12.4.2021, p. 116 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/583 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 11 December 2021, 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, 10 December 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 124, 12.4.2021, p. 116 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/703/oj

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