**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 146/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/27 of September 27, 2021, which adjusts the threshold for notifying significant net short positions in shares, into the EEA Agreement. Specifically, the following is added to point 29f (Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX: "32022 R 0027: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/27 of 27 September 2021 (OJ L 6, 11.1.2022, p. 9)." The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/27 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 under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and 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: The specific annex of the EEA Agreement being amended by the decision.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2022/27: A regulation amending Regulation EU No 236/2012 regarding net short positions in shares, to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Regulation EU No 236/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.
European Parliament: One of the legislative branch of the European Union
Council of the European Union: One of the legislative branch of the European Union
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
L 246/106 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 146/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1590]
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) 2022/27 of 27 September 2021amending Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of
the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustment of the relevant threshold for the notification
of significant net short positions in shares(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 29f (Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council)
of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:
‘- 32022 R 0027: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/27 of 27 September 2021(OJ L 6, 11.1.2022, p. 9).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/27 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 6, 11.1.2022, p. 9.
(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.