DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 184/2022

of 10 June 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1884]

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)

Regulation (EU) 2021/337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries and Directive 2004/109/EC as regards the use of the single electronic reporting format for annual financial reports, to support the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis  ( 1 ) , which was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 384/2021 of 10 December 2021  ( 2 ) , is also to be added as an amending act to Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in Annex IX to the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

The following indent is added:

‘—

32021 R 0337 : Regulation (EU) 2021/337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 1 ).’

(2)

Adaptations (b) and (c) are renumbered as adaptations (c) and (d), respectively.

(3)

The following adaptation is inserted after adaptation (a):

‘(b)

In Article 4(7), as regards the EFTA States, the words “19 March 2021” shall read “one month after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 184/2022 of 10 June 2022”.’

Article 2

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 81/2020 of 12 June 2020  ( 3 ) , whichever is the later.

Article 3

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 68, 26.2.2021, p. 1 .

( 2 )   Not yet published in the Official Journal.

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 3 )   Not yet published in the Official Journal.