DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 97/2026

of 20 March 2026

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2026/1269]

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) 2021/1348 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria under which competent authorities may require changes to the compliance statement of non-significant benchmarks (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1349 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria for the competent authorities’ compliance assessment regarding the mandatory administration of a critical benchmark (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1350 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the requirements to ensure that an administrator’s governance arrangements are sufficiently robust (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1351 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the characteristics of the systems and controls for the identification and reporting of any conduct that may involve manipulation or attempted manipulation of a benchmark (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1352 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the conditions to ensure that the methodology for determining a benchmark complies with the quality requirements (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following points are inserted after point 31lu (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘31lv.

32021 R 1348: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1348 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria under which competent authorities may require changes to the compliance statement of non-significant benchmarks (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 1).

31lw.

32021 R 1349: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1349 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria for the competent authorities’ compliance assessment regarding the mandatory administration of a critical benchmark (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 4).

31lx.

32021 R 1350: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1350 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the requirements to ensure that an administrator’s governance arrangements are sufficiently robust (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 9).

31ly.

32021 R 1351: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1351 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the characteristics of the systems and controls for the identification and reporting of any conduct that may involve manipulation or attempted manipulation of a benchmark (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 13).

31lz.

32021 R 1352: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1352 of 6 May 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the conditions to ensure that the methodology for determining a benchmark complies with the quality requirements (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 16).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/1348, (EU) 2021/1349, (EU) 2021/1350, (EU) 2021/1351 and (EU) 2021/1352 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 21 March 2026, 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 88/2026 of 20 March 2026 (6), 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, 20 March 2026.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 9.

(4) OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 13.

(5) OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 16.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(6) OJ L, 2026/1230, 25.6.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1230/oj.