DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 187/2022

of 10 June 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1887]

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) 2021/955 of 27 May 2021 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the forms, templates, procedures and technical arrangements for the publications and notifications of marketing rules, fees and charges, and specifying the information to be communicated for the creation and maintenance of the central database on cross-border marketing of AIFs and UCITS, as well as the forms, templates and procedures for the communication of such information  ( 1 ) , as corrected by OJ L 398, 11.11.2021, p. 49 , 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 31bi (Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘31bia.

32021 R 0955 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/955 of 27 May 2021 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/1156 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the forms, templates, procedures and technical arrangements for the publications and notifications of marketing rules, fees and charges, and specifying the information to be communicated for the creation and maintenance of the central database on cross-border marketing of AIFs and UCITS, as well as the forms, templates and procedures for the communication of such information ( OJ L 211, 15.6.2021, p. 30 ), as corrected by OJ L 398, 11.11.2021, p. 49 .’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/955, as corrected by OJ L 398, 11.11.2021, p. 49 , 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 June 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made  ( * ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 53/2021 of 5 February 2021  ( 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, 10 June 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 )    OJ L 211, 15.6.2021, p. 30 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 )   Not yet published in the Official Journal.