**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 38/2019, enacted on March 29, 2019, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2030 into the EEA Agreement. This decision recognizes the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as equivalent to that established by Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, but for a limited period. Article 2 stipulates that the Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2030, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic. The decision entered into force on March 29, 2019, contingent upon the completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, or on the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2019 of 8 February 2019, whichever occurred later. 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 signing was Claude Maerten.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The governing body responsible for decisions related to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex IX Financial Services to the EEA Agreement: Section of the EEA Agreement being amended by the decision.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2018/2030: A decision by the European Commission regarding the regulatory framework for central securities depositories of the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Country whose regulatory framework for central securities depositories is addressed in Commission Implementing Decision EU 2018/2030.
Regulation EU No 909/2014: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council related to central securities depositories.
Brussels: City where the EEA Joint Committee decision was finalized.
Claude MAERTEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 192/48 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.7.2019
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 38/2019
of 29 March 2019
amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1224]
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 Decision (EU) 2018/2030 of 19 December 2018 determining, for a limited period of
time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European
Parliament and of the Council (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 31bff (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/394) of Annex IX to
the EEA Agreement:
‘31bfg. 32018 D 2030: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2030 of 19 December 2018 determining,
for a limited period of time, that the regulatory framework applicable to central securities depositories of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is equivalent in accordance with Regulation (EU)
No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 325, 20.12.2018, p. 47).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2030 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, 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 18/2019 of 8 February 2019 (2), 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 325, 20.12.2018, p. 47.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
(2) OJ L 60, 28.2.2019, p. 31.