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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 189/2019

of 10 July 2019

amending Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2212]

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) 2015/1 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the periodic reporting on fees charged by credit rating agencies for the purpose of ongoing supervision by the European Securities and Markets Authority (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies make available to the European Securities and Markets Authority (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/3 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on disclosure requirements for structured finance instruments (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4)	Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2 repeals Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 446/2012 (4) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 448/2012 (5), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(5)	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:

The following points are inserted after point 31ebo (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 946/2012):

‘31ebp.

32015 R 0001: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the periodic reporting on fees charged by credit rating agencies for the purpose of ongoing supervision by the European Securities and Markets Authority (OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 1).

31ebq.

32015 R 0002: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies make available to the European Securities and Markets Authority (OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 24).

31ebr.

32015 R 0003: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/3 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on disclosure requirements for structured finance instruments (OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 57).’

2.	The texts of points 31ebk (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 446/2012) and 31ebm (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 448/2012) are deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/1, (EU) 2015/2 and (EU) 2015/3 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 11 July 2019, 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, 10 July 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

(1) OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 24.

(3) OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 57.

(4) OJ L 140, 30.5.2012, p. 2.

(5) OJ L 140, 30.5.2012, p. 17.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.