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| 12.12.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 321/168 |
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12.12.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 321/168

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 256/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2132]

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) 2017/1800 of 29 June 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1800 of 29 June 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 of 1 July 2016 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 of 1 July 2016 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2270 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of approved exchanges in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2270 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of approved exchanges in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2271 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial instrument exchanges and commodity exchanges in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(4)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2271 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial instrument exchanges and commodity exchanges in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (5) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2272 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial markets in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(5)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2272 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial markets in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (6) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2273 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of recognised exchanges in Canada in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(6)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2273 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of recognised exchanges in Canada in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (7) | Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(7)

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:

| 1. | The following points are inserted after point 31bcai (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2042):






  ‘31bcaj. | 32016 D 1073: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 of 1 July 2016 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 2.7.2016, p. 24). |
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1.

The following points are inserted after point 31bcai (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2042):

‘31bcaj.

32016 D 1073: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 of 1 July 2016 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 2.7.2016, p. 24).

| 31bcak. | 32016 D 2270: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2270 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of approved exchanges in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 42). |
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31bcak.

32016 D 2270: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2270 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of approved exchanges in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 42).

| 31bcal. | 32016 D 2271: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2271 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial instrument exchanges and commodity exchanges in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 45). |
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31bcal.

32016 D 2271: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2271 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial instrument exchanges and commodity exchanges in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 45).

| 31bcam. | 32016 D 2272: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2272 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial markets in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 48). |
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31bcam.

32016 D 2272: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2272 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial markets in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 48).

| 31bcan. | 32016 D 2273: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2273 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of recognised exchanges in Canada in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 51).’ |
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31bcan.

32016 D 2273: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2273 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of recognised exchanges in Canada in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 51).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 31bch (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013): | ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32017 R 1800: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1800 of 29 June 2017 (OJ L 259, 7.10.2017, p. 14).’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 31bch (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013):

‘, as amended by:

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32017 R 1800: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1800 of 29 June 2017 (OJ L 259, 7.10.2017, p. 14).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1800 and Implementing Decisions (EU) 2016/1073, (EU) 2016/2270, (EU) 2016/2271, (EU) 2016/2272 and (EU) 2016/2273 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 (7).

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

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(1)  
  OJ L 259, 7.10.2017, p. 14.

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(2)  
  OJ L 178, 2.7.2016, p. 24.

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(3)  
  OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 42.

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(4)  
  OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 45.

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(5)  
  OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 48.

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(6)  
  OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 51.

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(7)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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