DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 144/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1588]

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) 2021/2017 of 13 September 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 as regards benchmark portfolios, reporting templates and reporting instructions to be applied in the Union for the reporting referred to in Article 78(2) of Directive 2013/36/EU 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 14m (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32021 R 2017 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2017 of 13 September 2021 ( OJ L 424, 26.11.2021, p. 1 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2017 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 424, 26.11.2021, p. 1 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.