DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 139/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1583]

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) 2021/2006 of 16 November 2021 laying down implementing technical standards amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 as regards the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC 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 1w (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32021 R 2006 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 of 16 November 2021 ( OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 18 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 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. 18 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.