**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 140/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2005 into the EEA Agreement. This regulation amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799, updating the mapping tables that specify the correspondence between credit risk assessments from external credit assessment institutions and the credit quality steps outlined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. The amendment is detailed in Article 1, which adds a new indent to point 14azc of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799 within Annex IX. Article 2 affirms the authenticity of the Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2005, which will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, contingent upon completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee is Nicolas VON LINGEN. The reference to the incorporated regulation is OJ L 407, 17.11.2021, p. 10.
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.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/2005: A regulation laying down implementing technical standards amending Implementing Regulation EU 2016/1799 regarding credit risk assessments.
Implementing Regulation EU 2016/1799: An EU regulation that is being amended by Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/2005.
Regulation EU No 575/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council referenced in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/2005.
Annex IX: Annex to the EEA Agreement pertaining to financial services.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/97
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 140/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1584]
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) 2021/2005 of 16 November 2021laying down implementing technical
standards amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799 as regards the mapping tables specifying the
correspondence between the credit risk assessments of external credit assessment institutions and the credit quality
steps set out in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 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 14azc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799) of Annex IX to the
EEA Agreement:
‘- 32021 R 2005: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2005 of 16 November 2021(OJ L 407, 17.11.2021,
p. 10).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2005 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. 10.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.