Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 200/2019 of 10 July 2019 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2222]
Date: 2019-07-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, access to information, codification of EU law, company law, company with share capital, cross-frontier data flow, economic concentration, revision of an agreement, share capital




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17.11.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 200/2019
of 10 July 2019
         
amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2222]


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 (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (codification) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Directive (EU) 2017/1132 repeals Directives 82/891/EEC (2), 89/666/EEC (3), 2005/56/EC (4), 2009/101/EC (5), 2011/35/EU (6) and 2012/30/EU (7), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex XXII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The text of point 1 (Directive 2009/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is replaced by the following:

                              ‘
                              32017 L 1132: Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (codification) (OJ L 169, 30.6.2017, p. 46).
The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The transition measures indicated in Article 160 shall be applicable also with regard to the EFTA States.










(b)


The following shall be added in Annex I:






“—


Iceland:
hlutafélag;










—


Liechtenstein:
Aktiengesellschaft;










—


Norway:
allmennaksjeselskap”.














(c)


The following shall be added in Annex II:






“—


Iceland:
hlutafélag, einkahlutafélag, samlagsfélag;










—


Liechtenstein:
die Aktiengesellschaft, die Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, die Kommanditaktiengesellschaft;










—


Norway:
aksjeselskap, allmennaksjeselskap’.”
                                                   


















2.


The texts of points 2 (Directive 2012/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council), 3 (Directive 2011/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council), 5 (Sixth Council Directive 82/891/EEC), 8 (Eleventh Council Directive 89/666/EEC) and 10e (Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) are deleted.






Article 2
The text of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 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 11 July 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 10 July 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 169, 30.6.2017, p. 46.

(2)  
            OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 47.

(3)  
            OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 36.

(4)  
            OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1.

(5)  
            OJ L 258, 1.10.2009, p. 11.

(6)  
            OJ L 110, 29.4.2011, p. 1.

(7)  
            OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 74.

(*)  Constitutional requirements indicated.