**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 215/2020, dated December 11, 2020, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1689 of May 29, 2019, which corrects the Romanian language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1229. Regulation (EU) 2018/1229 supplements Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 regarding regulatory technical standards on settlement discipline. The amendment adds reference "32019 R 1689: Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/1689 of 29 May 2019 (OJ L 259, 10.10.2019, p. 1)" to point 31bfh of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1229 of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1689 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on December 12, 2020, following Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement notifications. The decision will be 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, Sabine Monauni, signed the decision in Brussels.
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, governing trade and economic relations between the EU member states and certain other countries.
Annex IX Financial services to the EEA Agreement: A specific annex to the EEA Agreement pertaining to financial services regulations.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/1689: A delegated regulation issued by the European Commission, correcting the Romanian language version of Delegated Regulation EU 2018/1229.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2018/1229: A delegated regulation supplementing Regulation EU No 909/2014 regarding regulatory technical standards on settlement discipline.
Regulation EU No 909/2014: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on settlement discipline.
Brussels: The city where the EEA Joint Committee decision was made.
Sabine MONAUNI: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/83
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 215/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2017]
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) 2019/1689 of 29 May 2019correcting the Romanian language version of
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1229 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament
and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on settlement discipline(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 is added in point 31bfh (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1229) of Annex IX to the EEA
Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
— 32019 R 1689: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1689 of 29 May 2019(OJ L 259, 10.10.2019, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1689 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 12 December 2020, 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 259, 10.10.2019, p. 1.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.L 240/84 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.9.2023
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI