**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 36/2019, dated March 29, 2019, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/396 of December 19, 2018, into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2019/396 amends Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/2205, (EU) 2016/592, and (EU) 2016/1178, which supplement Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the effective date of the clearing obligation for specific contract types. This decision adds the following indent to Annex IX of the EEA Agreement: "32019 R 0396: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/396 of 19 December 2018 (OJ L 71, 13.3.2019, p. 11)." The authentic text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/396 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on March 29, 2019, or the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, whichever was later, and will be 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 is Claude Maerten.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex IX Financial Services to the EEA Agreement: The specific annex of the EEA Agreement that is being amended by this decision.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/396: A regulation amending Delegated Regulation EU 2015/2205, Delegated Regulation EU 2016/592 and Delegated Regulation EU 2016/1178 supplementing Regulation EU No 648/2012.
Regulation EU No 648/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the date at which the clearing obligation takes effect for certain types of contracts
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2015/2205: A Commission Delegated Regulation referenced within the context of Annex IX amendment.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2016/592: A Commission Delegated Regulation referenced within the context of Annex IX amendment.
Brussels: The city where the decision was made.
L 192/46 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.7.2019
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 36/2019
of 29 March 2019
amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1222]
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) 2019/396 of 19 December 2018 amending Delegated Regulation (EU)
2015/2205, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1178 supplementing
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the date at which the
clearing obligation takes effect for certain types of contracts (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 31bcp (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205), point 31bcq
(Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592) and point 31bcr (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
2016/1178) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32019 R 0396: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/396 of 19 December 2018 (OJ L 71, 13.3.2019,
p. 11).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/396 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 29 March 2019 or on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1)
of the EEA Agreement (*), whichever is the later.
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 March 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 71, 13.3.2019, p. 11.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.