**Executive Summary**
This is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee (No 134/2025) dated June 13, 2025, amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement. It incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117, repeals Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 with effect from 31 December 2025, and enters into force on June 14, 2025, pending required notifications.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Annex IX:**
* Point 14azzt is inserted into Annex IX, incorporating Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117, which lays down technical standards for supervisory reporting of institutions.
* Point 14ab, related to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451, is deleted, effective December 31, 2025.
* **Publication:**
* The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 will be published in Icelandic and Norwegian languages in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The decision takes effect on June 14, 2025, contingent on notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
**Impact Analysis**
**Financial Institutions**
*Impact*: Affected by changes in supervisory reporting requirements and the repeal of previous regulations.
*Action Required*: Implement the reporting standards as per Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 and adapt systems/processes to reflect the repealed Regulation (EU) 2021/451, as of December 31, 2025.
**EEA Authorities**
*Impact*: Responsible for incorporating the new regulation into national law and ensuring compliance.
*Action Required*: Ensure the publication and authentication of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 in Icelandic and Norwegian, and make the required notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area; the framework this decision amends.
Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement: The specific part of the EEA Agreement being amended by this decision.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117: Regulation laying down implementing technical standards for supervisory reporting, incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451: Regulation that is repealed and removed from the EEA Agreement.
EEA Joint Committee: The body adopting this decision amending the EEA Agreement.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1862 2.10.2025
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 134/2025
of 13 June 2025
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1862]
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 of 29 November 2024 laying down implementing technical
standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with
regard to supervisory reporting of institutions and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2021/451(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 repeals, with effect from 31 December 2025, Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2021/451(2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be
repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 31 December 2025.
(3) Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex IX to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:
1. The following point is inserted after point 14azzs (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1780):
‘14azzt. 32024 R 3117: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 of 29 November 2024 laying
down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to supervisory reporting of institutions and
repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 (OJ L, 2024/3117, 27.12.2024).’
2. The text of point 14ab (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451) shall be deleted with effect from
31 December 2025.
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3117 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 2025, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made(*).
(1) OJ L, 2024/3117, 27.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/3117/oj.
(2) OJ L 97, 19.3.2021, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1862/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 2.10.2025
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 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1862/oj