Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 256/2018 of 5 December 2018 amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2132]
Date: 2018-12-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Australia, Canada, European Economic Area, Japan, Singapore, United States, financial legislation, futures market, revision of an agreement, stock exchange








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 256/2018
of 5 December 2018
         
amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2132]


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) 2017/1800 of 29 June 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 of 1 July 2016 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2270 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of approved exchanges in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2271 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial instrument exchanges and commodity exchanges in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2272 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial markets in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2273 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of recognised exchanges in Canada in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(7)


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 points are inserted after point 31bcai (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2042):






‘31bcaj.



32016 D 1073: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 of 1 July 2016 on the equivalence of designated contract markets in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 178, 2.7.2016, p. 24).










31bcak.



32016 D 2270: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2270 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of approved exchanges in Singapore in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 42).










31bcal.



32016 D 2271: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2271 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial instrument exchanges and commodity exchanges in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 45).










31bcam.



32016 D 2272: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2272 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of financial markets in Australia in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 48).










31bcan.



32016 D 2273: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2273 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of recognised exchanges in Canada in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 51).’














2.


The following is added in point 31bch (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 151/2013):






 



                                    ‘, as amended by:






—



32017 R 1800: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1800 of 29 June 2017 (OJ L 259, 7.10.2017, p. 14).’
                                          














Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1800 and Implementing Decisions (EU) 2016/1073, (EU) 2016/2270, (EU) 2016/2271, (EU) 2016/2272 and (EU) 2016/2273 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 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (7).


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, 5 December 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 259, 7.10.2017, p. 14.

(2)  
            OJ L 178, 2.7.2016, p. 24.

(3)  
            OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 42.

(4)  
            OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 45.

(5)  
            OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 48.

(6)  
            OJ L 342, 16.12.2016, p. 51.

(7)  No constitutional requirements indicated.