Decision 2018/2059 - EU position within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment of Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement

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Current status

This decision has been published on December 27, 2018 and entered into force on November 29, 2018.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2018/2059 of 29 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 (Text with EEA relevance.)
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2018/2059
Original proposal COM(2018)683 EN
CELEX number i 32018D2059

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Key dates

Document 29-11-2018; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 27-12-2018; OJ L 329 p. 13-19
Effect 29-11-2018; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

27.12.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/13

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/2059

of 29 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

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 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 IX to that Agreement, which contains provisions on financial services.

 

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(4)

Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(5)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(6)

Annex IX 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 decisions,

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 of Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decisions 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 Brussels, 29 November 2018.

For the Council

The President

  • M. 
    SCHRAMBÖCK
 

  • (3) 
    Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 1).
  • (4) 
    Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 73).
  • (5) 
    Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 of 14 July 2016 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council by identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies (OJ L 254, 20.9.2016, p. 1).
 

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …/…

of …

amending Annex IX (Financial services) 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) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (1) is to be incorporated in the EEA Agreement.

 

(2)

Regulation (EU) 2015/847 repeals Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement...


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