# L_2023085EN.01003101.xml

| 23.3.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 85/31 |
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23.3.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 85/31

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 217/2022

of 8 July 2022

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/634]

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) 2021/1722 of 18 June 2021 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the framework for cooperation and the exchange of information between competent authorities of the home and the host Member States in the context of supervision of payment institutions and electronic money institutions exercising cross-border provision of payment services (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1722 of 18 June 2021 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the framework for cooperation and the exchange of information between competent authorities of the home and the host Member States in the context of supervision of payment institutions and electronic money institutions exercising cross-border provision of payment services (1) 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

The following point is inserted after point 16ee (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1423) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘16ef. | 32021 R 1722: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1722 of 18 June 2021 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the framework for cooperation and the exchange of information between competent authorities of the home and the host Member States in the context of supervision of payment institutions and electronic money institutions exercising cross-border provision of payment services (OJ L 343, 28.9.2021, p. 1).’ |
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‘16ef.

32021 R 1722: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1722 of 18 June 2021 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the framework for cooperation and the exchange of information between competent authorities of the home and the host Member States in the context of supervision of payment institutions and electronic money institutions exercising cross-border provision of payment services (OJ L 343, 28.9.2021, p. 1).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1722 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 9 July 2022, 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, 8 July 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 343, 28.9.2021, p. 1.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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