**Executive Summary**
This is the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 136/2025 of 13 June 2025, amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement. It incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759, as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90705, into the EEA Agreement. The Decision enters into force on 14 June 2025, provided that all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Annex IX:**
* Inserts point 31bgcb into Annex IX of the EEA Agreement.
* Point 31bgcb references Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759, as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90705, specifying standards for European long-term investment funds (ELTIFs), including use of derivatives for hedging, redemption policies, liquidity management, transfer requests, asset disposal, and cost disclosure.
* **Authentic Language:**
* The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759, as corrected, will be published in Icelandic and Norwegian languages in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be authentic.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Decision enters into force on 14 June 2025, contingent on the completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
* **Publication:**
* The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**EEA Countries**
* **Impact:**
* Financial regulations regarding ELTIFs are updated to align with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759.
* **Action Required:**
* Ensure all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement are completed by 14 June 2025.
**European Parliament and the Council**
* **Impact:**
* Incorporation of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 which supplements Regulation (EU) 2015/760.
* **Action Required:**
* Be aware of the incorporation of the new regulation into the EEA Agreement.
**EEA Joint Committee**
* **Impact:**
* Responsible for the Decision, which mandates alignment of EEA regulations with EU regulations on ELTIFs.
* **Action Required:**
* Ensure that the Decision is properly published.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which this decision amends, specifically Annex IX (Financial services)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759: The regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2015/760 regarding ELTIFs, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement by this decision.
Annex IX (Financial services): The specific annex of the EEA Agreement that is amended by the decision.
EEA Joint Committee: The body that adopted the decision to amend the EEA Agreement.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1864 2.10.2025
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 136/2025
of 13 June 2025
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1864]
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) 2024/2759 of 19 July 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying when derivatives
will be used solely for hedging the risks inherent to other investments of the European long-term investment fund
(ELTIF), the requirements for an ELTIF’s redemption policy and liquidity management tools, the circumstances for
the matching of transfer requests of units or shares of the ELTIF, certain criteria for the disposal of ELTIF assets, and
certain elements of the costs disclosure(1), as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90705, 6.11.2024, 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 point is inserted after point 31bgca (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/480) of Annex IX to the
EEA Agreement:
‘31bgcb. 32024 R 2759: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 of 19 July 2024 supplementing
Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical
standards specifying when derivatives will be used solely for hedging the risks inherent to other investments of
the European long-term investment fund (ELTIF), the requirements for an ELTIF’s redemption policy and
liquidity management tools, the circumstances for the matching of transfer requests of units or shares of the
ELTIF, certain criteria for the disposal of ELTIF assets, and certain elements of the costs disclosure (OJ L,
2024/2759, 25.10.2024), as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90705, 6.11.2024.’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759, as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90705, 6.11.2024, 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, 2024/2759, 25.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/2759/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1864/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/2025/1864/oj