Decision 2025/380 - EU position concerning an amendment to Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
  7. Full version
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Current status

This decision entered into force on February 18, 2025.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2025/380 of 18 February 2025 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2025/380
Regdoc number ST(2024)16998
Original proposal COM(2024)573 EN
CELEX number i 32025D0380

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Key dates

Document 18-02-2025; Date of adoption
Effect 18-02-2025; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

 

Official Journal

of the European Union

EN

L series
 
 

2025/380

6.3.2025

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/380

of 18 February 2025

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to 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 (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement.
 

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) should be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
 

(4)

Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.
 

(5)

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 the Union’s behalf, 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.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2025.

For the Council

The President

  • A. 
    DOMAŃSKI
 
  • (3) 
    Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 150, 9.6.2023, p. 40, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj).
 

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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) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/1937 (1), as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90275, 2.5.2024, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
 

(2)

The EFTA States shall, when defining what countries shall be on the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in their national legislation, take utmost account of the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
 

(3)

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:

 

1.

The following is inserted after point 31q (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement:

 

‘31r.

32023 R 1114: Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets, and amending...


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