DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 65/2020

of 30 April 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/490]

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) 2019/2166 of 16 December 2019 amending Implementing Decision 2014/908/EU as regards the inclusion of Serbia and South Korea in the lists of third countries and territories whose supervisory and regulatory requirements are considered equivalent for the purposes of the treatment of exposures in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 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 indent is added in point 14at (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/908/EU) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32019 D 2166 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2166 of 16 December 2019 ( OJ L 328, 18.12.2019, p. 84 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2166 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 1 May 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made  ( * ) .

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, 30 April 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 )    OJ L 328, 18.12.2019, p. 84 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.