# L_2021337EN.01004801.xml

| 23.9.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 337/48 |
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23.9.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/48

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 251/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1516]

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) 2018/105 of 27 October 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675, as regards adding Ethiopia to the list of high-risk third countries in the table in point I of the Annex (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/105 of 27 October 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675, as regards adding Ethiopia to the list of high-risk third countries in the table in point I of the Annex (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 of 13 December 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia to the table in point I of the Annex (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 of 13 December 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia to the table in point I of the Annex (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is added in point 23bb (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

| — | 32018 R 0105: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/105 of 27 October 2017 (OJ L 19, 24.1.2018, p. 1), |
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32018 R 0105: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/105 of 27 October 2017 (OJ L 19, 24.1.2018, p. 1),

| — | 32018 R 0212: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 of 13 December 2017 (OJ L 41, 14.2.2018, p. 4).’ |
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32018 R 0212: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/212 of 13 December 2017 (OJ L 41, 14.2.2018, p. 4).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2018/105 and (EU) 2018/212 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 (*), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 249/2018 of 5 December 2018 (3), 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, 5 December 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

The Secretaries

To the EEA Joint Committee

Hege M. HOFF

Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI

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(1)  
  OJ L 19, 24.1.2018, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 41, 14.2.2018, p. 4.

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(*)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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(3)  
  OJ L 337, 17.9.2021, p. 42.

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