Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 57/2023 of 17 March 2023 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2371]

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2023/2371 26.10.2023 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 57/2023 of 17 March 2023 amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2371] 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) 2022/749 of 8 February 2022amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2417 as regards the transition to new benchmarks referenced in certain OTC derivative 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 is added in point 31bazzf (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2417) of Annex IX to the EEA

Agreement: ‘, as amended by: — 32022 R 0749: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/749 of 8 February 2022(OJ L 138, 17.5.2022, p. 4).’ Article 2 The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/749 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

(1) OJ L 138, 17.5.2022, p. 4. * No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2371/oj 1/1