This document is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 81/2020, dated 12 June 2020, amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement. The decision incorporates Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013, which amends Directives 2004/109/EC, 2003/71/EC, and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC, into the EEA Agreement. The amendment updates point 29d of Directive 2004/109/EC and point 29da of Commission Directive 2007/14/EC within Annex IX. It specifies an adaptation regarding the EFTA states, setting the entry into force date as that of the EEA Joint Committee Decision. The authentic text of Directive 2013/50/EU 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 13 June 2020, contingent upon completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, and will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The governing body responsible for the management of the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Directive 2013/50/EU: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2004/109/EC and 2003/71/EC and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC.
Directive 2004/109/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market.
Directive 2003/71/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading.
Commission Directive 2007/14/EC: Commission Directive laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC.
Brussels: City where the EEA Joint Committee decision was made.
EFTA States: European Free Trade Association States
L 78/26 EN Official Journal of the European Union 16.3.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 81/2020
of 12 June 2020
amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2023/530]
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) Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending
Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency
requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated
market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published
when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down
detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC(1), as corrected by OJ L 14,
18.1.2014, p. 35, 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
Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1. Point 29d (Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows:
(i) the following indent is added:
‘— 32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013
(OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35.’;
(ii) adaptations (a) and (b) are renumbered as adaptations (b) and (c);
(iii) the following adaptation is inserted before adaptation (b):
‘(a) In Article 2(1)(i), as regards the EFTA States, the words “27 November 2015” shall read “the date of entry into
force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2020 of 12 June 2020”.’
2. The following is added in point 29da (Commission Directive 2007/14/EC):
‘, as amended by:
— 32013 L 0050: Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013
(OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13), as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35.’
Article 2
The text of Directive 2013/50/EU, as corrected by OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 35, in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to
be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
(1) OJ L 294, 6.11.2013, p. 13.16.3.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 78/27
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 13 June 2020, 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, 12 June 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Clara GANSLANDT
(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.