DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 152/2016

of 8 July 2016

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2018/374]

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) 2015/1605 of 12 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007 establishing a mechanism for the determination of equivalence of accounting standards applied by third country issuers of securities pursuant to Directives 2003/71/EC and 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 29e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1569/2007) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘—	32015 R 1605: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1605 of 12 June 2015 (OJ L 249, 25.9.2015, p. 3).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1605 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 9 July 2016, 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, 8 July 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

(1) OJ L 249, 25.9.2015, p. 3.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.