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22.12.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
341/81
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 117/2011
of 21 October 2011
amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
Annex IX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as
‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
(1) the text of point 8 (Council Directive 72/166/EEC) shall be
replaced by the following:
Whereas:
‘32009 L 0103: Directive 2009/103/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009
(1) Annex
IX
to
the
Agreement
was
amended
by
Decision
of
relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the
the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2011 of 1 July 2011 (
use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obli

1 ).
gation to insure against such liability (OJ L 263, 7.10.2009,
p. 11).
(2) Directive
2009/103/EC
of
the
European
Parliament
and
of the Council of 16 September 2009 relating to
The provisions of the Directive, shall for the purposes of
insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of
this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to
insure against such liability ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into
the Agreement.
Article 21(6) shall read as follows:
(3) Directive
2009/103/EC repeals
Council
Directives
“The appointment of a claims representative shall not in
72/166/EEC ( 3 ), 84/5/EEC
( 4 ), 90/232/EEC
( 5 ) and
itself constitute the opening of a branch within the
Directives 2000/26/EC ( 6 ) and 2005/14/EC ( 7 ) of the
meaning of Article 1(b) of Directive 92/49/EEC and the
European Parliament and of the Council, which are incor
claims representative shall not be regarded as an estab
porated into the Agreement and are consequently to be
lishment within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive
repealed under the Agreement, except for those
88/357/EEC.” ’;
provisions of Directives 2000/26/EC and 2005/14/EC
which amend Council Directives 73/239/EEC ( 8 ) and
88/357/EEC ( 9 ), which will be repealed under the
Agreement by the Decision of the EEA Joint
(2) the text of points 9 (Second Council Directive 84/5/EEC),
Committee incorporating Directive 2009/138/EC of the
10 (Third Council Directive 90/232/EEC) and 10a (Directive
European Parliament and of the Council (
2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council)

10 ) into the
Agreement.
shall be deleted.

Article 2
(4) The
current
EEA
adaptation
to
Directive
2000/26/EC
should be maintained with regard to Directive
The text of Directive 2009/103/EC in the Icelandic and
2009/103/EC,
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement

to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
( 1 ) OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 45.
( 2 ) OJ L 263, 7.10.2009, p. 11.
( 3 ) OJ L 103, 2.5.1972, p. 1.
Article 3
( 4 ) OJ L 8, 11.1.1984, p. 17.
( 5 ) OJ L 129, 19.5.1990, p. 33.
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 November 2011,
( 6 ) OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 65.
provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
( 7 ) OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 14.
Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
( 8 ) OJ L 228, 16.8.1973, p. 3.
( 9 ) OJ L 172, 4.7.1988, p. 1.
( 10 ) OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1. (*)
No
constitutional
requirements
indicated.

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Official Journal of the European Union
22.12.2011
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, 21 October 2011.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kurt JGER

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