**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 103/2019, adopted on April 11, 2019, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/565 of March 28, 2019, into the EEA Agreement. This regulation amends Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/2205, (EU) 2016/592, and (EU) 2016/1178, which supplement Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 regarding the effective date of the clearing obligation for specific contract types. The full text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/565 is to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union in Icelandic and Norwegian. The decision entered into force on April 11, 2019, contingent upon the completion of all notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of adoption was Claude Maerten. The relevant Official Journal reference for Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/565 is OJ L 99, 10.4.2019, p. 6.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex IX Financial services to the EEA Agreement: Section of the EEA Agreement being amended by the decision.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/565: A regulation amending Delegated Regulation EU 2015/2205, Delegated Regulation EU 2016/592 and Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1178 supplementing Regulation EU No 648/2012.
Regulation EU No 648/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2015/2205: A Commission Delegated Regulation being amended by Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/565.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/592: A Commission Delegated Regulation being amended by Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/565.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1178: A Commission Delegated Regulation being amended by Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/565.
L 192/58 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.7.2019
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 103/2019
of 11 April 2019
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1233]
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) 2019/565 of 28 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU)
2015/2205, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1178 supplementing
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the date at which the
clearing obligation takes effect for certain types of contracts (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 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) of
Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32019 R 0565: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/565 of 28 March 2019 (OJ L 99, 10.4.2019,
p. 6).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/565 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 April 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, 11 April 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 99, 10.4.2019, p. 6.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.