# L_2007328EN.01003201.xml

| 13.12.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 328/32 |
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13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 328/32

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 87/2007

of 6 July 2007

amending Annex IX (Financial services) 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 51/2007 of 8 June 2007 (1). |
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(1)

Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 51/2007 of 8 June 2007 (1).

| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 refers to acts which are not incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(3)

Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 refers to acts which are not incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 23c (Commission Decision 2006/891/EC) of Annex IX to the Agreement:

| ‘23d. | 32006 R 1781: Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (OJ L 345, 8.12.2006, p. 1).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  With regard to the EFTA States the second sentence of Article 9(1) shall read as follows:

  “In any event, the payment service provider of the payee shall comply with any applicable law or administrative provisions relating to money laundering and terrorist financing, in particular Directive 2005/60/EC and any national implementing measures.”
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‘23d.

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

With regard to the EFTA States the second sentence of Article 9(1) shall read as follows:

“In any event, the payment service provider of the payee shall comply with any applicable law or administrative provisions relating to money laundering and terrorist financing, in particular Directive 2005/60/EC and any national implementing measures.”
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Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 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 7 July 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 6 July 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 266, 11.10.2007, p. 9.

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(2)  
  OJ L 345, 8.12.2006, p. 1.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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