DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 215/2021

of 9 July 2021

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/281]

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) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive 2014/65/EU and Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the promotion of the use of SME growth markets ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 ( 2 ) , which was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 190/2019 of 10 July 2019 ( 3 ) , should also be added as an amending act to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 in Annex IX of the EEA Agreement.

(3) 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 is added in point 29a (Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

— 32016 R 1011 : Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 ( OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 1 ),

— 32019 R 2115 : Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 ( OJ L 320, 11.12.2019, p. 1 ).’

The following is added in point 29bd (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

— 32019 R 2115 : Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 ( OJ L 320, 11.12.2019, p. 1 ).’

The following indent is added in point 31ba (Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘-

32019 R 2115 : Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 ( OJ L 320, 11.12.2019, p. 1 ).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 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 10 July 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, 9 July 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 320, 11.12.2019, p. 1 .

( 2 ) OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 1 .

( 3 ) OJ L 235, 12.9.2019, p. 9 .

( *1 ) Constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/281/oj

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