DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 331/2022

of 9 December 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1273]

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) 2022/2310 of 18 October 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013 as regards the value of the clearing threshold for positions held in OTC commodity derivative contracts and other OTC derivative contracts ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2311 of 21 October 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 153/2013 as regards temporary emergency measures on collateral requirements ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into 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 indent is added in point 31bcf (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013):

‘-

32022 R 2310 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2310 of 18 October 2022 ( OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, p. 29 ).’

Point 31bcj (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 153/2013) is amended as follows:

(i) the following indent is added:

‘-

32022 R 2311 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2311 of 21 October 2022 ( OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, p. 31 ).’

(ii) the adaptation is renumbered as adaptation (a).

(iii) the following adaptation is inserted:

‘(b)

In Article 62, the words “transactions on derivatives, as referred to in Article 2(4), points (b) and (d), of Regulation (EU) No 1227/2011” shall be replaced by the words “transactions on derivatives relating to electricity or natural gas produced, traded or delivered in the EEA or on derivatives relating to the transportation of electricity or natural gas in the EEA”.’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2022/2310 and (EU) 2022/2311 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 December 2022, 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 December 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

( 1 ) OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, p. 29 .

( 2 ) OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, p. 31 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.