21.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 366/68


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 130/2006

of 27 October 2006

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex IX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 119/2006 of 22 September 2006 (1).

(2)

Commission Directive 2006/29/EC of 8 March 2006 amending Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the exclusion or inclusion of certain institutions from the scope of application (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 14 (Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IX to the Agreement:

‘—

32006 L 0029: Commission Directive 2006/29/EC of 8 March 2006 (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 50).’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2006/29/EC 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 28 October 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

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, 27 October 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES


(1)   OJ L 333, 30.11.2006, p. 44.

(2)   OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 50.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.