**Executive Summary**
Decision No 94/2026 of the EEA Joint Committee, adopted on 20 March 2026, amends Annex IX of the EEA Agreement to incorporate updated technical standards for supervisory colleges. The decision integrates Regulations (EU) 2025/791 and (EU) 2025/790 while repealing the previous Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/98. It is scheduled to enter into force on 21 March 2026, subject to necessary notifications from member states.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Regulatory Incorporations and Repeals**
* **Incorporation of Regulation (EU) 2025/790:** Adopts implementing technical standards for the operational functioning of colleges of supervisors under Directive 2013/36/EU.
* **Incorporation of Regulation (EU) 2025/791:** Adopts regulatory technical standards for the general conditions of supervisory colleges.
* **Repeal of Regulation (EU) 2016/98:** Formally deletes point 14e of Annex IX, removing the outdated regulation from the EEA Agreement.
**EEA Adaptations**
* **EFTA Surveillance Authority Integration:** Amends Articles 3(3) and 25(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/791 to include the EFTA Surveillance Authority.
* **Authority Mandate:** Enables the EFTA Surveillance Authority to perform its duties under Directive 2013/36/EU, Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 within the context of supervisory colleges.
**Administrative and Legal Provisions**
* **Authentic Languages:** Icelandic and Norwegian versions of the regulations are designated as authentic texts for publication in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Effective Date:** The decision enters into force on 21 March 2026, provided all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement are completed.
**Impact Analysis**
**EFTA Surveillance Authority**
**Impact**
The Authority is formally integrated into the regulatory framework governing supervisory colleges, gaining specific recognition in the technical standards.
**Action Required**
The Authority must prepare to carry out its duties under the specified financial regulations and directives as part of its oversight of supervisory colleges.
**Colleges of Supervisors / Financial Regulators**
**Impact**
Supervisory bodies must transition from the standards set in the repealed 2016/98 regulation to the new operational and general conditions established by the 2025 regulations.
**Action Required**
Regulators must update their operational procedures to align with the new implementing and regulatory technical standards by the entry-into-force date.
**EEA Member States (Iceland and Norway)**
**Impact**
The decision necessitates the formal recognition of the regulations in national languages and the completion of constitutional requirements.
**Action Required**
States must provide necessary notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement to ensure the timely entry into force of the decision.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: The fundamental treaty establishing the European Economic Area, whose Annex IX (Financial services) is amended by this decision to incorporate new EU regulations.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/791: A regulation specifying technical standards for the general conditions of supervisory colleges, newly incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/790: A regulation establishing technical standards for the operational functioning of colleges of supervisors, newly incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
EEA Joint Committee: The primary decision-making body responsible for the administration of the EEA Agreement and for incorporating EU legislation into the agreement.
EFTA Surveillance Authority: The regulatory body granted specific enablement under this decision's adaptations to perform duties under EU financial directives and regulations.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/1289 25.6.2026
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 94/2026
of 20 March 2026
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2026/1289]
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) 2025/791 of 23 April 2025 supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the general
conditions for the functioning of supervisory colleges, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2016/98(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/790 of 23 April 2025 laying down implementing technical
standards for the application of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to
the operational functioning of colleges of supervisors(2)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(3) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/791 repeals Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/98(3), which is
incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under 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 is amended as follows:
1. The following is inserted after point 14v (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/857):
‘14w. 32025 R 0790: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/790 of 23 April 2025 laying down
implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament
and of the Council with regard to the operational functioning of colleges of supervisors (OJ L, 2025/790,
8.8.2025).
14x. 32025 R 0791: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/791 of 23 April 2025 supplementing
Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical
standards specifying the general conditions for the functioning of supervisory colleges, and repealing
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/98 (OJ L, 2025/791, 8.8.2025).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following
adaptation:
In Articles 3(3) and 25(3), the following point shall be added:
“(e) the EFTA Surveillance Authority, for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its duties under
Directive 2013/36/EU, Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, and under Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010.”’
2. The text of point 14e (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/98) is deleted.
(1) OJ L, 2025/791, 8.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/791/oj.
(2) OJ L, 2025/790, 8.8.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/790/oj.
(3) OJ L 21, 28.1.2016, p. 2.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1289/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 25.6.2026
Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/791 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/790 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 21 March 2026, 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, 20 March 2026.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1289/oj