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21.6.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
161/39
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 32/2012
of 10 February 2012
amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
‘10fd. 32011 D 0030: Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of
19 January 2011 on the equivalence of certain third
country public oversight, quality assurance, investi
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
gation and penalty systems for auditors and audit
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
entities and a transitional period for audit activities
on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as
of certain third country auditors and audit entities in
‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
the European Union (OJ L 15, 20.1.2011, p. 12).’.
Article 2
Whereas:
The text of Decision 2011/30/EU in the Icelandic and
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
(1) Annex
XXII
to
the
Agreement
was
amended
by
Decision to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
of the EEA Joint Committee No 161/2011 of
2 December 2011 ( 1 ).
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 February 2012,
(2) Commission
Decision
2011/30/EU
of
19
January
2011 provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
on the equivalence of certain third country public over
Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
sight, quality assurance, investigation and penalty systems
for auditors and audit entities and a transitional period
Article 4
for audit activities of certain third country auditors and
audit entities in the European Union (
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in

2 ) is to be incor
porated into the Agreement,
the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European

Union.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels, 10 February 2012.
Article 1
For the EEA Joint Committee
The following point shall be inserted after point 10fc (Com
mission Decision 2010/485/EU) of Annex XXII to the
The Acting President
Agreement:
Gianluca GRIPPA
( 1 ) OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 48.
( 2 ) OJ L 15, 20.1.2011, p. 12. (*)
Constitutional
requirements
indicated.

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L 161/40
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Official Journal of the European Union
21.6.2012
Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 32/2012 of
10 February 2012 incorporating Commission Decision 2011/30/EU into the Agreement
‘Commission Decision 2011/30/EU of 19 January 2011 deals in several articles with equivalence for third
countries. The incorporation of this Decision is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.’

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