Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 55/2023 of 17 March 2023 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2372]

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2023/2372 26.10.2023 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 55/2023 of 17 March 2023 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2372] 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) 2022/2580 of 17 June 2022supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the information to be provided in the application for the authorisation as a credit institution, and specifying the obstacles which may prevent the effective exercise of supervisory functions of competent authorities(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2581 of 20 June 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to provision of information in applications for authorisation of a credit institution(2)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 of 30 November 2022 amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/637 as regards the disclosure of environmental, social and governance risks(3)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Annex IX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent is added in point 14ag (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/637): ‘— 32022 R 2453: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2453 of 30 November 2022 (OJ L 324,

19.12.2022, p. 1).’

2. The following points are inserted after point 14q (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/461): ‘14r. 32022 R 2580: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2580 of 17 June 2022 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the information to be provided in the application for the authorisation as a credit institution, and specifying the obstacles which may prevent the effective exercise of supervisory functions of competent authorities (OJ L 335, 29.12.2022, p. 64).

14s. 32022 R 2581: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2581 of 20 June 2022 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to provision of information in applications for authorisation of a credit institution (OJ L 335, 29.12.2022, p. 86).’

(1) OJ L 335, 29.12.2022, p. 64.

(2) OJ L 335, 29.12.2022, p. 86.

(3) OJ L 324, 19.12.2022, p. 1.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2372/oj 1/2EN OJ L, 26.10.2023 Article 2 The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2580 and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2022/2581 and (EU) 2022/2453 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 18 March 2023, 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.

Done at Brussels, 17 March 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee The President Nicolas VON LINGEN * No constitutional requirements indicated.

2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2372/oj