DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 56/2021

of 5 February 2021

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/62]

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) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 (1), which was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 190/2019 of 10 July 2019 (2), should also be added as an amending act to Directive 2014/17/EU in Annex IX of the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 31j (Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘, 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).’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2021, 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 125/2019 of 8 May 2019 (3), whichever is the later.

Article 3

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 February 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

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

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

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(3) OJ L 321, 12.12.2019, p. 176.