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| 13.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 341/18 |
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13.12.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/18

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 167/2012

of 28 September 2012

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 amending Directives 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and 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 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 amending Directives 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and 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 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follow:

| (1) | the following shall be added in point 29b (Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32010 L 0073: Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (OJ L 327, 11.12.2010, p. 1).’; |
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(1)

the following shall be added in point 29b (Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32010 L 0073: Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (OJ L 327, 11.12.2010, p. 1).’;

| (2) | The following shall be added in point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32010 L 0073: Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (OJ L 327, 11.12.2010, p. 1).’. |
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(2)

The following shall be added in point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32010 L 0073: Directive 2010/73/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 (OJ L 327, 11.12.2010, p. 1).’.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2010/73/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 29 September 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA 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, 28 September 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

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(1)  
  OJ L 327, 11.12.2010, p. 1.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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