Council Decision (EU) 2018/1867 of 26 November 2018 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee, concerning the amendment of Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement (Omnibus II) (Text with EEA relevance.)
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The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. Point 1 (Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows: (i) the following indent is added: ‘— 32014 L 0051 : Directive 2014/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 ( OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 1 ).’; (ii) the following adaptations are added: ‘(k) References to the powers of EIOPA under Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the Directive shall be understood as referring, in the cases provided for in and in accordance with point 31h of this Annex, to the powers of the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards the EFTA States. (l) In Articles 52(3) and 77f(1), the words, “the EFTA Surveillance Authority, the Standing Committee of the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the words “the Council”. (m) In Article 65a, the words “or, as the case may be, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “EIOPA”. (n) In Article 70, references to “central banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB)” and “central banks of the ESCB” shall be understood to include, in addition to their meaning in the Directive, the national central banks of the EFTA States. (o) In Article 138(4), as regards the EFTA States, the word “EIOPA” shall read “the EFTA Surveillance Authority” and the words “as declared by EIOPA” shall read “as declared by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on the basis of drafts prepared by EIOPA”. (p) Information originating in the EFTA States shall not be exchanged by EIOPA as part of cooperation arrangements concluded with third countries or their authorities pursuant to Articles 172(4)(e) or 260(5)(e) without the express agreement of the authorities which have disclosed it and, where appropriate, solely for the purposes for which those authorities gave their agreement. (q) In Article 308b(15), as regards the EFTA States, the words “23 May 2014” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of … [this decision]”.’. 2. The following indent is added in points 29b (Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 31eb (Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 31i (Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32014 L 0051 : Directive 2014/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 ( OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 1 ).’. 3. The following is added in point 31h (Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘, as amended by: — 32014 L 0051 : Directive 2014/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 ( OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 1 ).’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
The text of Directive 2014/51/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union , shall be authentic.
This Decision shall enter into force on […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union .
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