**Policy Summary: EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 99/2025**
This decision, enacted on May 8, 2025, amends Annex IX (Financial Services) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3215 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2024/3215 corrects certain language versions of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139, which supplements Regulation (EU) 2020/852. Regulation (EU) 2020/852 establishes technical screening criteria for determining conditions under which an economic activity substantially contributes to climate change mitigation or adaptation, and whether it causes no significant harm to other environmental objectives.
The specific amendment adds the following indent to point 31pa (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139) of Annex IX: "32024 R 3215: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3215 of 28 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/3215, 19.12.2024)."
The authentic text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3215 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision entered into force on May 9, 2025, following the completion of all notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
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 enactment was Nicolas VON LINGEN.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
European Economic Area: Area that allows Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to be part of the EU’s internal market
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2024/3215: A regulation correcting certain language versions of Delegated Regulation EU 2021/2139.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2021/2139: A regulation supplementing Regulation EU 2020/852 establishing technical screening criteria for determining conditions under which an economic activity contributes to climate change mitigation or adaptation.
Regulation EU 2020/852: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework to facilitate sustainable investment.
Annex IX to the EEA Agreement: Annex related to Financial services to the EEA Agreement
Brussels: The location where the EEA Joint Committee decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1388 24.7.2025
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 99/2025
of 8 May 2025
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1388]
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) 2024/3215 of 28 June 2024 correcting certain language versions of
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of
the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic
activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for
determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental
objectives(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 indent is added in point 31pa (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139) of Annex IX to the EEA
Agreement:
‘— 32024 R 3215: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3215 of 28 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/3215,
19.12.2024).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3215 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 9 May 2025, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made(*).
(1) OJ L, 2024/3215, 19.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/3215/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1388/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 24.7.2025
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, 8 May 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1388/oj