Council Decision (EU) 2023/269 of 30 January 2023 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 (Central Securities Depository – Liechtenstein) (Text with EEA relevance)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

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

The text of adaptation (c) in point 31bf of Annex IX to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following: ‘(c) Liechtenstein may allow third-country CSDs that already provide services referred to in Article 25(2) to financial intermediaries in Liechtenstein or that have already set up a branch in Liechtenstein to continue to provide the services referred to in Article 25(2) for a period not exceeding seven years after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of [this Decision].’.

The Contracting Parties shall review adaptation (c) in point 31bf of Annex IX when incorporating into the EEA Agreement any act which amends or replaces Article 25 or 69 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014.

This Decision shall enter into force on […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made .

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.