# L_2006289EN.01003401.xml

| 19.10.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 289/34 |
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19.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 289/34

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 93/2006

of 7 July 2006

amending Annex IX (Financial services) and Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 60/2006 of 2 June 2006 (1). |
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(1)

Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 60/2006 of 2 June 2006 (1).

| (2) | Annex XIX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 43/2005 of 11 March 2005 (2). |
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(2)

Annex XIX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 43/2005 of 11 March 2005 (2).

| (3) | Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(3)

Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 30d (Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

| — | 32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’ |
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32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’

Article 2

Annex XIX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | the following point shall be inserted after point 7f (Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘7g. | 32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (“Unfair Commercial Practices Directive”) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’; |
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1.

the following point shall be inserted after point 7f (Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘7g.

| 2. | the following indent shall be added in points 2 (Council Directive 84/450/EEC), 3a (Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), and 7d (Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘— | 32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’; |
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2.

the following indent shall be added in points 2 (Council Directive 84/450/EEC), 3a (Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), and 7d (Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

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32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’;

| 3. | the following shall be added in point 7f (Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’ |
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3.

the following shall be added in point 7f (Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32005 L 0029: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).’

Article 3

The text of Directive 2005/29/EC 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 8 July 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

Article 5

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, 7 July 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 245, 7.9.2006, p. 7.

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(2)  
  OJ L 198, 28.7.2005, p. 45.

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(3)  
  OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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