# L_2012161EN.01003901.xml

| 21.6.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 161/39 |
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21.6.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/39

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 32/2012

of 10 February 2012

amending Annex XXII (Company law) 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 XXII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 161/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 161/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1).

| (2) | Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 on the equivalence of certain third country public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities and a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities in the European Union (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 on the equivalence of certain third country public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities and a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities in the European Union (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 10fc (Commission Decision 2010/485/EU) of Annex XXII to the Agreement:

| ‘10fd. | 32011 D 0030: Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 on the equivalence of certain third country public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities and a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities in the European Union (OJ L 15, 20.1.2011, p. 12).’. |
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‘10fd.

32011 D 0030: Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 on the equivalence of certain third country public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities and a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities in the European Union (OJ L 15, 20.1.2011, p. 12).’.

Article 2

The text of Decision 2011/30/EU 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 11 February 2012, 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, 10 February 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 48.

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(2)  
  OJ L 15, 20.1.2011, p. 12.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 32/2012 of 10 February 2012 incorporating Commission Decision 2011/30/EU into the Agreement

‘Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 deals in several articles with equivalence for third countries. The incorporation of this Decision is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.’

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