**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 161/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex XXII (Company Law) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 into the EEA Agreement, which lays down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 regarding technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers. This regulation repeals and replaces Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884, which has become obsolete. Article 1 of the decision replaces point 1a of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884 in Annex XXII with the full citation of Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 (OJ L 225, 25.6.2021, p. 7). The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 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 was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of adoption was Nicolas VON LINGEN.
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, which extends the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Annex XXII: Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement pertains to Company law.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042: A regulation laying down rules for the application of Directive EU 2017/1132 regarding technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers.
Directive (EU) 2017/1132: A directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding technical specifications and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884: A regulation that has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
Brussels: The city where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 246/130 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 161/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1605]
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) 2021/1042 of 18 June 2021 laying down rules for the application of
Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical specifications and
procedures for the system of interconnection of registers and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2020/2244(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884(2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has
become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
(3) Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The text of point 1a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884) of Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement is
replaced by the following:
‘32021 R 1042: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 of 18 June 2021 laying down rules for the
application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards technical specifications
and procedures for the system of interconnection of registers and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2020/2244 (OJ L 255, 25.6.2021, p. 7).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 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.
(1) OJ L 225, 25.6.2021, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 144, 10.6.2015, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/131
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN