Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 156/2014 of 9 July 2014 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2015/91]
Date: 2014-07-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, United States, administrative check, administrative sanction, audit, auditing, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 156/2014
of 9 July 2014
         
amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2015/91]


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 Implementing Decision 2013/280/EU of 11 June 2013 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of the United States of America pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision 2013/281/EU of 11 June 2013 on the equivalence of the public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities of the United States of America pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following points are inserted after point 10fd (Commission Decision 2011/30/EU) of Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement:






‘10fe.



32013 D 0280: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/280/EU of 11 June 2013 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of the United States of America pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 161, 13.6.2013, p. 4).










10ff.



32013 D 0281: Commission Implementing Decision 2013/281/EU of 11 June 2013 on the equivalence of the public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities of the United States of America pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 161, 13.6.2013, p. 8).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions 2013/280/EU and 2013/281/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 10 July 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 9 July 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 161, 13.6.2013, p. 4.

(2)  
            OJ L 161, 13.6.2013, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.





Declaration by the EFTA States to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 156/2014 of 9 July 2014 incorporating Commission Implementing Decisions 2013/280/EU and 2013/281/EU into the EEA Agreement



            ‘Commission Implementing Decision 2013/280/EU of 11 June 2013 on the adequacy of the competent authorities of the United States of America pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Implementing Decision 2013/281/EU of 11 June 2013 on the equivalence of the public oversight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems for auditors and audit entities of the United States of America pursuant to Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council deal with third country relations. The incorporation of these Decisions is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.’