**Executive Summary**
This document is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 244/2025, dated 24 October 2025, amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement. It incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 regarding disclosure requirements for issuers of environmentally sustainable or sustainability-linked bonds. The decision enters into force on 25 October 2025, contingent on notifications or a related decision.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Annex IX:**
* Annex IX to the EEA Agreement is amended to include Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753.
* The regulation concerns the content, methodologies, and presentation of information to be disclosed by issuers of environmentally sustainable or sustainability-linked bonds.
* **Authentic Text:**
* The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 in Icelandic and Norwegian is to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be authentic.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Decision enters into force on 25 October 2025, provided that all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made.
* Alternatively, it enters into force on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 243/2025 of 24 October 2025, whichever is later.
* **Publication:**
* The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**Issuers of environmentally sustainable or sustainability-linked bonds**
* **Impact:** Issuers are now subject to the disclosure requirements outlined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 within the EEA.
* **Action Required:** Implement the content, methodologies, and presentation standards for information disclosed in periodic post-issuance reports, as detailed in Regulation (EU) 2025/753.
**EEA Member States**
* **Impact:** The EEA Agreement is updated to incorporate the EU regulation.
* **Action Required:** Ensure notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement are made.
**EEA Joint Committee**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the implementation and publication of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Publish the Decision in the EEA Section of the Official Journal and ensure the Icelandic and Norwegian versions of the regulation are published in the EEA Supplement.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area, central to the policy's scope.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753: Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 regarding voluntary disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or sustainability-linked, to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
EEA Joint Committee: Committee responsible for adopting the decision to amend the EEA Agreement.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2631: Regulation by the European Parliament and Council, which Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 supplements.
Annex IX (Financial services): Specific annex of the EEA Agreement that is being amended by this decision.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/204 12.2.2026
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 244/2025
of 24 October 2025
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2026/204]
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) 2025/753 of 16 April 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of
the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the content, methodologies, and presentation of the
information to be voluntarily disclosed by issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of
sustainability-linked bonds in the templates for periodic post-issuance disclosures(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 point is inserted after point 29be (Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:
‘29bea. 32025 R 0753: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 of 16 April 2025 supplementing Regulation
(EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the content, methodologies, and
presentation of the information to be voluntarily disclosed by issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally
sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds in the templates for periodic post-issuance disclosures (OJ L,
2025/753, 25.7.2025).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 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 25 October 2025, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made(*), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 243/2025
of 24 October 2025(2), whichever is the later.
(1) OJ L, 2025/753, 25.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/753/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
(2) OJ L ...
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/204/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 12.2.2026
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, 24 October 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/204/oj