Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 213/2025 of 19 September 2025 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2026/16]
Date: 2025-09-19
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, blockchain, consumer protection, electronic money, financial legislation, issuing of currency, market supervision, provision of services, revision of an agreement, technical standard, virtual currency




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 213/2025
of 19 September 2025
         
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2026/16]


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) 2024/1506 of 22 February 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying certain criteria for classifying asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens as significant (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1507 of 22 February 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the criteria and factors to be taken into account by the European Securities Markets Authority, the European Banking Authority and competent authorities in relation to their intervention powers (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2545 of 24 September 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 cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2902 of 20 November 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 reporting related to asset-referenced tokens and to e-money tokens denominated in a currency that is not an official currency of a Member State (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2984 of 29 November 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 forms, formats and templates for the crypto-asset white papers (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 is inserted after point 31r (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:






‘31ra.



32024 R 1506: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1506 of 22 February 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying certain criteria for classifying asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens as significant (OJ L, 2024/1506, 30.5.2024).
The provisions of the Delegated Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
In Articles 2 and 3, the words “or, as the case may be, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “the EBA”.










31rb.



32024 R 1507: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1507 of 22 February 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the criteria and factors to be taken into account by the European Securities Markets Authority, the European Banking Authority and competent authorities in relation to their intervention powers (OJ L, 2024/1507, 30.5.2024).
The provisions of the Delegated Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


In Article 1, the words “or, as the case may be, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”.










(b)


In Article 2, the words “or, as the case may be, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “the EBA”.














31rc.



32024 R 2545: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2545 of 24 September 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 cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities (OJ L, 2024/2545, 26.11.2024).










31rd.



32024 R 2902: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2902 of 20 November 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 reporting related to asset-referenced tokens and to e-money tokens denominated in a currency that is not an official currency of a Member State (OJ L, 2024/2902, 28.11.2024).










31re.



32024 R 2984: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2984 of 29 November 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 forms, formats and templates for the crypto-asset white papers (OJ L, 2024/2984, 3.12.2024).’






Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2024/1506 and (EU) 2024/1507 and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2024/2545, (EU) 2024/2902 and (EU) 2024/2984 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 20 September 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, 19 September 2025.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1506, 30.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/1506/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2024/1507, 30.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/1507/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L, 2024/2545, 26.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2545/oj.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2024/2902, 28.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2902/oj.

(5)  
            OJ L, 2024/2984, 3.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2984/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/16/oj
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