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| 14.9.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 227/23 |
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14.9.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 227/23

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 160/2020

of 23 October 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1735]

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) 2017/2294 of 28 August 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards the specification of the definition of systematic internalisers for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2294 of 28 August 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards the specification of the definition of systematic internalisers for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/442 of 12 December 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587 to specify the requirement for prices to reflect prevailing market conditions and to update and correct certain provisions (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/442 of 12 December 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587 to specify the requirement for prices to reflect prevailing market conditions and to update and correct certain provisions (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/443 of 13 February 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588 as regards the possibility to adjust the average daily number of transactions for a share where the trading venue with the highest turnover of that share is located outside the Union (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/443 of 13 February 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588 as regards the possibility to adjust the average daily number of transactions for a share where the trading venue with the highest turnover of that share is located outside the Union (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1000 of 14 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799 as regards the exemption of the People's Bank of China from the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(4)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1000 of 14 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799 as regards the exemption of the People's Bank of China from the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (5) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1011 of 13 December 2018 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards certain registration conditions to promote the use of SME growth markets for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(5)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1011 of 13 December 2018 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 as regards certain registration conditions to promote the use of SME growth markets for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (6) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/541 of 1 April 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to approved exchanges and recognised market operators in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 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) 2019/541 of 1 April 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to approved exchanges and recognised market operators in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 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 is added in point 31bah (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32017 R 2294: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2294 of 28 August 2017 (OJ L 329, 13.12.2017, p. 4), |
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1.

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

‘, as amended by:

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32017 R 2294: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2294 of 28 August 2017 (OJ L 329, 13.12.2017, p. 4),

| — | 32019 R 1011: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1011 of 13 December 2018 (OJ L 165, 21.6.2019, p. 1).’ |
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32019 R 1011: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1011 of 13 December 2018 (OJ L 165, 21.6.2019, p. 1).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 31bazd (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32019 R 0442: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/442 of 12 December 2018 (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 56).’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 31bazd (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587):

‘, as amended by:

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32019 R 0442: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/442 of 12 December 2018 (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 56).’

| 3. | The following is added in point 31baze (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32019 R 0443: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/443 of 13 February 2019 (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 59).’ |
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3.

The following is added in point 31baze (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588):

‘, as amended by:

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32019 R 0443: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/443 of 13 February 2019 (OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 59).’

| 4. | The following indent is added in point 31bazt (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799):






  ‘— | 32019 R 1000: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1000 of 14 March 2019 (OJ L 163, 20.6.2019, p. 56).’ |
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4.

The following indent is added in point 31bazt (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799):

‘—

32019 R 1000: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1000 of 14 March 2019 (OJ L 163, 20.6.2019, p. 56).’

| 5. | The following point is inserted after point 31bazzg (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2441):






  ‘31bazzh. | 32019 D 0541: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/541 of 1 April 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to approved exchanges and recognised market operators in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 93, 2.4.2019, p. 18).’ |
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5.

The following point is inserted after point 31bazzg (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2441):

‘31bazzh.

32019 D 0541: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/541 of 1 April 2019 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to approved exchanges and recognised market operators in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 93, 2.4.2019, p. 18).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2017/2294, (EU) 2019/442, (EU) 2019/443, (EU) 2019/1000, (EU) 2019/1011 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/541 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 October 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

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 October 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 329, 13.12.2017, p. 4.

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(2)  
  OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 56.

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(3)  
  OJ L 77, 20.3.2019, p. 59.

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(4)  
  OJ L 163, 20.6.2019, p. 56.

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(5)  
  OJ L 165, 21.6.2019, p. 1.

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(6)  
  OJ L 93, 2.4.2019, p. 18.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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