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Document 22021D1515
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 250/2018 of 5 December 2018 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1515]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 250/2018 of 5 December 2018 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1515]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 250/2018 of 5 December 2018 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1515]
PUB/2021/366
OJ L 337, 23.9.2021, p. 46–47
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
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23.9.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 337/46 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 250/2018
of 5 December 2018
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1515]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
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(1) |
Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (1) is to be incorporated in the EEA Agreement. |
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Regulation (EU) 2015/847 repeals Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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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:
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1. |
The text of point 23ba (deleted) is replaced by the following: ‘32015 R 0847: Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 1). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: By way of derogation from Articles 4 and 6, as regards transfers of funds in Swiss Francs in Liechtenstein and from and to Liechtenstein within its Currency Union with Switzerland, the information required by Articles 4 and 6 shall be collected and made available when requested by the payment service provider of the payee within three working days, but need not be transferred immediately with the transfers of funds as foreseen in Articles 4 and 6. This derogation shall be applicable for a transitional period expiring on 31 December 2022.’ |
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The text of point 23d (Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) is deleted. |
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2015/847 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 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 249/2018 of 5 December 2018 (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, 5 December 2018.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Oda Helen SLETNES
The Secretaries
To the EEA Joint Committee
Hege M. HOFF
Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI
(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.