DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 59/2023

of 17 March 2023

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2370]

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) 2022/1859 of 10 June 2022 amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1248/2012 as regards the format for applications for registration as trade repositories and for applications for extension of registration as trade repositories ( 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 31bcc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1248/2012) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32022 R 1859 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1859 of 10 June 2022 ( OJ L 262, 7.10.2022, p. 65 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1859 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 18 March 2023, 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, 17 March 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 262, 7.10.2022, p. 65 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2370/oj

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