DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 163/2019

of 14 June 2019

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2155]

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) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1542 of 8 June 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 concerning the calculation of regulatory capital requirements for certain categories of assets held by insurance and reinsurance undertakings (infrastructure corporates) (1), as corrected by OJ L 264, 13.10.2017, p. 24, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2189 of 24 November 2017 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2450 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the templates for the submission of information to the supervisory authorities according to Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2190 of 24 November 2017 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2452 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the procedures, formats and templates of the solvency and financial condition report according to Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) 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 follows: 1. The following indent is added in point 1b (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35): ‘— 32017 R 1542: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1542 of 8 June 2017 (OJ L 236, 14.9.2017, p. 14), as corrected by OJ L 264, 13.10.2017, p. 24.’ 2. The following indent is added in point 1p (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2450): ‘— 32017 R 2189: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2189 of 24 November 2017 (OJ L 310, 25.11.2017, p. 3).’ 3. The following is added in point 1r (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2452): ‘, as amended by: — 32017 R 2190: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2190 of 24 November 2017 (OJ L 310, 25.11.2017, p. 30).’

Article 2 The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1542, as corrected by OJ L 264, 13.10.2017, p. 24, and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/2189 and (EU) 2017/2190 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 15 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 62/2018 of 23 March 2018 (4), whichever is the later.

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, 14 June 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 236, 14.9.2017, p. 14.

(2) OJ L 310, 25.11.2017, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 310, 25.11.2017, p. 30.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(4) OJ L 26, 30.1.2020, p. 50