DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 19/2023

of 3 February 2023

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2313]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/975 of 17 March 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/653 as regards the extension of the transitional arrangement laid down in Article 14(2) of that Regulation and amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2268 as regards the date of application of that Regulation ( 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 31bgb (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/653) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32022 R 0975 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/975 of 17 March 2022 ( OJ L 167, 24.6.2022, p. 35 ).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/975 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 4 February 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 67/2020 of 30 April 2020 ( 2 ) , whichever is the later.

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, 3 February 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 167, 24.6.2022, p. 35 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 ) OJ L 72, 9.3.2023, p. 39 .

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2313/oj

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