Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2023 of 13 June 2023 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2555]
Date: 2023-06-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, access to information, consumer protection, electronic banking, information security, payment system, personal data, provision of services, revision of an agreement, safety standard, technical standard




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 158/2023
of 13 June 2023
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2555]


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) 2022/2360 of 3 August 2022 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 as regards the 90-day exemption for account access (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 16eb (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






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32022 R 2360: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2360 of 3 August 2022 (OJ L 312, 5.12.2022, p. 1).




The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


As regards the EFTA States, in the first paragraph of Article 2, the words “25 July 2023” shall read as follows: “7 months following the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2023 of 13 June 2023”.










(b)


The following sentences shall be inserted to the first paragraph of Article 2: “The EFTA States may, in their national legislation, provide for a shorter transitional period than is provided under this paragraph. The cut-off date may, however, not be prior to 25 July 2023.”.










(c)


As regards the EFTA States, the second paragraph of Article 3 shall read as follows: “It shall apply within 7 months following the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2023 of 13 June 2023.”.’






Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2360 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 14 June 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, 13 June 2023.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 312, 5.12.2022, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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