DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 115/2021

of 19 March 2021

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/126]

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) 2020/1423 of 14 March 2019 on supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the criteria for appointing central contact points within the field of payment services and on the functions of those central contact points ( 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 point is inserted after point 16ed (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/411) in Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘16ee.

32020 R 1423 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1423 of 14 March 2019 on supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the criteria for appointing central contact points within the field of payment services and on the functions of those central contact points ( OJ L 328, 9.10.2020, p. 1 ).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1423 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 20 March 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 165/2019 of 14 June 2019 ( 2 ) , whichever is the later.

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, 19 March 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 328, 9.10.2020, p. 1 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 ) OJ L 291, 10.11.2022, p. 50 .

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/126/oj

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