# L_2023106EN.01004701.xml

| 20.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 106/47 |
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20.4.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 106/47

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 249/2022

of 23 September 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/778]

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) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards the integration of sustainability factors, risks and preferences into certain organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards the integration of sustainability factors, risks and preferences into certain organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 amending Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 as regards the integration of sustainability factors into the product governance obligations (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 amending Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 as regards the integration of sustainability factors into the product governance obligations (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

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 31bah (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565):






  ‘— | 32021 R 1253: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 (OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 1).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 31bah (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565):

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32021 R 1253: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 (OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 1).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 31bazj (Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32021 L 1269: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 (OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 137).’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 31bazj (Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593):

‘, as amended by:

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32021 L 1269: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 (OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 137).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 and Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 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 24 September 2022, 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 151/2022 of 29 April 2022 (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, 23 September 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 277, 2.8.2021, p. 137.

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(*)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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(3)  
  OJ L 246, 22.9.2022, p. 115.

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