DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 388/2021

of 10 December 2021

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/695]

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) 2021/168 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 February 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the exemption of certain third-country spot foreign exchange benchmarks and the designation of replacements for certain benchmarks in cessation, and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1847 of 14 October 2021 on the designation of a statutory replacement for certain settings of CHF LIBOR ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1848 of 21 October 2021 on the designation of a replacement for the benchmark Euro overnight index average ( 3 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following indent is added in point 31l (Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘-

32021 R 0168 : Regulation (EU) 2021/168 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 February 2021 ( OJ L 49, 12.2.2021, p. 6 ).’

The following points are inserted after point 31lrb (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1275):

‘31lza.

32021 R 1847 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1847 of 14 October 2021 on the designation of a statutory replacement for certain settings of CHF LIBOR ( OJ L 374, 22.10.2021, p. 1 ).

31lzb.

32021 R 1848 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1848 of 21 October 2021 on the designation of a replacement for the benchmark Euro overnight index average ( OJ L 374, 22.10.2021, p. 6 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) 2021/168 and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/1847 and (EU) 2021/1848 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 the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement ( *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 49, 12.2.2021, p. 6 .

( 2 ) OJ L 374, 22.10.2021, p. 1 .

( 3 ) OJ L 374, 22.10.2021, p. 6 .

( *1 ) Constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/695/oj

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