# L_2023240EN.01012501.xml

| 28.9.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 240/125 |
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28.9.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 240/125

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 241/2020

of 30 December 2020

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2043]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1766 of 25 November 2020 determining, for a limited period of time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1766 of 25 November 2020 determining, for a limited period of time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 31bfh (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1229) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘31bfi. | 32020 D 1766: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1766 of 25 November 2020 determining, for a limited period of time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 397, 26.11.2020, p. 26).’ |
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‘31bfi.

32020 D 1766: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1766 of 25 November 2020 determining, for a limited period of time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 397, 26.11.2020, p. 26).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1766 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 30 December 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, 30 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 397, 26.11.2020, p. 26.

1

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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