Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 60/2023 of 17 March 2023 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2373]
Date: 2023-03-17
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU financial instrument, European Economic Area, contract, financial derivative, financial legislation, financial transaction, revision of an agreement, technical standard




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 60/2023
of 17 March 2023
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2373]


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) 2022/750 of 8 February 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205 as regards the transition to new benchmarks referenced in certain OTC derivative contracts (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/314 of 25 October 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 as regards the date of application of certain risk management procedures for the exchange of collateral (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/315 of 25 October 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/2205, (EU) 2016/592 and (EU) 2016/1178 as regards the date at which the clearing obligation takes effect for certain types of contracts (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 31bcp (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205:






‘–



32022 R 0750: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/750 of 8 February 2022 (OJ L 138, 17.5.2022, p. 6).’














2.


The following indent is added in points 31bcp (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205), 31bcq (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592) and 31bcr (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1178):






‘–



32023 R 0315: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/315 of 25 October 2022 (OJ L 43, 13.2.2023, p. 4).’














3.


The following indent is added in point 31bcs (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251):






‘–



32023 R 0314: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/314 of 25 October 2022 (OJ L 43, 13.2.2023, p. 2).’










Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2022/750, (EU) 2023/314 and (EU) 2023/315 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 18 March 2023, 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, 17 March 2023.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 138, 17.5.2022, p. 6.

(2)  
            OJ L 43, 13.2.2023, p. 2.

(3)  
            OJ L 43, 13.2.2023, p. 4.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2373/oj
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