Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 178/2025 of 11 July 2025 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2025/2112]
Date: 2025-07-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, electronic money, exchange of information, financial legislation, issuing of currency, provision of services, revision of an agreement, technical standard, virtual currency




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 178/2025
of 11 July 2025
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2025/2112]


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) 2025/300 of 10 October 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on information to be exchanged between competent authorities (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/305 of 31 October 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the information to be included in an application for authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/413 of 18 December 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the detailed content of information necessary to carry out the assessment of a proposed acquisition of a qualifying holding in an issuer of an asset-referenced token (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/414 of 18 December 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the detailed content of information necessary to carry out the assessment of a proposed acquisition of a qualifying holding in a crypto-asset service provider (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/304 of 31 October 2024 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to standard forms, templates and procedures for the notification by certain financial entities of their intention to provide crypto-asset services (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following points are inserted after point 31ro (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/417) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:






‘31rp.



32025 R 0300: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/300 of 10 October 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on information to be exchanged between competent authorities (OJ L, 2025/300, 31.3.2025).










31rq.



32025 R 0304: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/304 of 31 October 2024 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to standard forms, templates and procedures for the notification by certain financial entities of their intention to provide crypto-asset services (OJ L, 2025/304, 20.2.2025).










31rr.



32025 R 0305: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/305 of 31 October 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the information to be included in an application for authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider (OJ L, 2025/305, 31.3.2025).










31rs.



32025 R 0413: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/413 of 18 December 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the detailed content of information necessary to carry out the assessment of a proposed acquisition of a qualifying holding in an issuer of an asset-referenced token (OJ L, 2025/413, 31.3.2025).










31rt.



32025 R 0414: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/414 of 18 December 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the detailed content of information necessary to carry out the assessment of a proposed acquisition of a qualifying holding in a crypto-asset service provider (OJ L, 2025/414, 31.3.2025).’






Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2025/300, (EU) 2025/305, (EU) 2025/413 and (EU) 2025/414 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/304, 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 12 July 2025, 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, 11 July 2025.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2025/300, 31.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/300/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2025/305, 31.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/305/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L, 2025/413, 31.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/413/oj.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2025/414, 31.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/414/oj.

(5)  
            OJ L, 2025/304, 20.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/304/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2112/oj
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