# L_2023078EN.01002601.xml

| 16.3.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 78/26 |
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16.3.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 78/26

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 81/2020

of 12 June 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/530]

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) | Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC (1), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC (1), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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. | Point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows:






  (i) | the following indent is added:






  ‘— | 32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 (OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35.’; |
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1.

Point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows:

(i)

the following indent is added:

‘—

32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 (OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35.’;

| (ii) | adaptations (a) and (b) are renumbered as adaptations (b) and (c); |
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(ii)

adaptations (a) and (b) are renumbered as adaptations (b) and (c);

| (iii) | the following adaptation is inserted before adaptation (b):






  ‘(a) | In Article 2(1)(i), as regards the EFTA States, the words “27 November 2015” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2020 of 12 June 2020”.’ |
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(iii)

the following adaptation is inserted before adaptation (b):

‘(a)

In Article 2(1)(i), as regards the EFTA States, the words “27 November 2015” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2020 of 12 June 2020”.’

| 2. | The following is added in point 29da (Commission Directive 2007/14/EC):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 (OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35.’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 29da (Commission Directive 2007/14/EC):

‘, as amended by:

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32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 (OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35.’

Article 2

The text of Directive 2013/50/EU, as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35, 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 13 June 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 12 June 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

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(1)  
  OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13.

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(*)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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