DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 324/2023

of 8 December 2023

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1425]

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) 2023/2222 of 14 July 2023 extending the transitional period laid down for third-country benchmarks in Article 51(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and 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 point is inserted after point 31lzb (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1848) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘31lze.

32023 R 2222: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2222 of 14 July 2023 extending the transitional period laid down for third-country benchmarks in Article 51(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L, 2023/2222, 23.10.2023).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2222 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 December 2023, 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 December 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Pascal SCHAFHAUSER

(1) OJ L, 2023/2222, 23.10.2023.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.