# L_2008154EN.01002001.xml

| 12.6.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 154/20 |
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12.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/20

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 10/2008

of 1 February 2008

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 160/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1). |
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(1)

Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 160/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1).

| (2) | Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(2)

Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 29g (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the Agreement:

| ‘29ga. | 32007 L 0014: Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (OJ L 69, 9.3.2007, p. 27).’ |
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‘29ga.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2007/14/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 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 2 February 2008, 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, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

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(1)  
  OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 26.

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(2)  
  OJ L 69, 9.3.2007, p. 27.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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STATEMENT BY THE EFTA STATES TO DECISION No 10/2008 INCORPORATING COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/EC INTO THE AGREEMENT

‘Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market deals in several Articles with equivalent requirements for third countries. The incorporation of this Directive is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.’

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