# L_2010062EN.01003501.xml

| 11.3.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 62/35 |
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11.3.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 141/2009

of 4 December 2009

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 106/2009 of 22 October 2009 (1). |
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(1)

Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 106/2009 of 22 October 2009 (1).

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards elements related to prospectuses and advertisements (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards elements related to prospectuses and advertisements (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 29ba (Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004) of Annex IX to the Agreement:

| ‘— | 32008 R 1289: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 of 12 December 2008 (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 17).’ |
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32008 R 1289: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 of 12 December 2008 (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 17).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 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 5 December 2009, 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, 4 December 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 334, 17.12.2009, p. 3.

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(2)  
  OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 17.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties to Decision No 141/2009 incorporating Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 into the Agreement

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 1289/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards elements related to prospectuses and advertisements grants third country issuers the right to present their historical financial information in accordance with the therein defined accounting standards. The incorporation of this Regulation is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement as regards third country relations.’

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