**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 139/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 into the EEA Agreement. This regulation amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 regarding the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps, in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC. The Decision adds a reference to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 (OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 18) in point 1w of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The Decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, following the completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
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: A section of the EEA Agreement that deals with financial services.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/2006: A regulation laying down implementing technical standards amending Implementing Regulation EU 2016/1800.
Implementing Regulation EU 2016/1800: A European Union regulation related to financial services and credit assessments.
Directive 2009/138/EC: A directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 246/96 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 139/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1583]
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) 2021/2006 of 16 November 2021laying down implementing technical
standards amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 as regards the allocation of credit assessments of
external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive
2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(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 point 1w (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800) of Annex IX to the
EEA Agreement:
‘— 32021 R 2006: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 of 16 November 2021 (OJ L 407,
17.11.2021, p. 18).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006 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 30 April 2022, 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, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 18.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.