DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 140/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1584]

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) 2021/2005 of 16 November 2021 laying down implementing technical standards amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799 as regards the mapping tables specifying the correspondence between the credit risk assessments of external credit assessment institutions and the credit quality steps set out in 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 14azc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘-

32021 R 2005 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2005 of 16 November 2021 ( OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 10 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2005 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 30 April 2022, 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, 29 April 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 )    OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 10 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.