DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 352/2021

of 10 December 2021

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/702]

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) 2021/1122 of 8 July 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1368 adding the Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate to and removing the London Interbank Offered Rate from the list of critical benchmarks used in financial markets established pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 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 31la (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1368) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32021 R 1122 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1122 of 8 July 2021 ( OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 39 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1122 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 December 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

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 December 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 39 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/702/oj

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