# L_2012076EN.01004801.xml

| 15.3.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 76/48 |
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15.3.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 76/48

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 161/2011

of 2 December 2011

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 27/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XXII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 27/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1).

| (2) | Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of Australia and the United States pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of Australia and the United States pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 10fb (Commission Decision 2010/64/EU) of Annex XXII to the Agreement:

| ‘10fc. | 32010 D 0485: Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of Australia and the United States pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 240, 11.9.2010, p. 6).’ |
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‘10fc.

32010 D 0485: Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of Australia and the United States pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 240, 11.9.2010, p. 6).’

Article 2

The text of Decision 2010/485/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 3 December 2011, 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, 2 December 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 171, 30.6.2011, p. 25.

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(2)  
  OJ L 240, 11.9.2010, p. 6.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties to Decision No 161/2011 incorporating Decision 2010/485/EU into the Agreement

‘Commission Decision 2010/485/EU of 1 September 2010 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of Australia and the United States pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council deals with third country relations. The incorporation of this Decision is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.’

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