Decision 2018/635 - EU position concerning an amendment to Annex XXII (Company Law) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement

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Current status

This decision has been published on April 25, 2018 and entered into force on April 17, 2018.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2018/635 of 17 April 2018 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XXII (Company Law) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2018/635
Original proposal COM(2018)83 EN
CELEX number i 32018D0635

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Key dates

Document 17-04-2018; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 25-04-2018; OJ L 105 p. 21-24
Effect 17-04-2018; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

25.4.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 105/21

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/635

of 17 April 2018

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XXII (Company Law) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 50 and 114 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.

 

(2)

Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Annex XXII (Company law) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement.

 

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(4)

Directive 2014/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(5)

For the EEA Agreement to function well, Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement is to be extended to include the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies set up by Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, and Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement is to be amended in order to specify the procedures for association with this Committee.

 

(6)

Annex XXII and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

 

(7)

The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XXII (Company law) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 17 April 2018.

For the Council

The President

  • E. 
    ZAHARIEVA
 

  • (3) 
    Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 77).
  • (4) 
    Directive 2014/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 196).
 

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …

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amending Annex XXII (Company law) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement

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)

Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC (1), as corrected by OJ L 170, 11.6.2014, p. 66, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(2)

Directive 2014/56/EU of the European...


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