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| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1369 | ESMA Technical advice on equivalence of Hong Kong for OTC and TR (Supplement) | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 124.15 KB |
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| 30/01/2014 | 2014/123 | ESMA Technical advice on equivalence of Japan for CCP II- Commodities CCPs | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 3.33 MB |
ESMA delivers second set of advice on EMIR equivalence Following its technical advice published on 9 September 2013, the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) has published a supplement to its advice to the European Commission on the equivalence of the regulatory regime for central counterparties (CCPs) of Japan with the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). This supplement to the September 2013 Final report sets out ESMA’s advice to the European Commission is in respect of the equivalence between the Japanese regulatory regime for commodity CCPs and the regulatory regime for CCPs under EMIR. ESMA proposes conditional equivalence As for ESMA’s advice to the Commission in respect of Japan for CCPs which clear transactions relating to securities, currencies, interest rates, credit, weather, GDP and other indices, ESMA considers that the Japanese regulatory regime for commodity CCPs contains legal provisions and involves supervision and enforcement similar to that of EMIR. The Commission is expected to use ESMA’s technical advice to prepare possible equivalence decisions. Where it adopts such a decision, certain provisions of EMIR may be disapplied in favour of equivalent third-country rules. In particular, ESMA may recognise within the EU a CCP which is authorised outside the EU. The different pieces of advice are available on ESMA’s website. |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1372 | ESMA Technical advice on equivalence of Singapore for TRs (Supplement) | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 500.37 KB |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1371 | ESMA Technical advice on equivalence of South Korea for CCPs | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 1.83 MB |
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| 30/07/2015 | 2015/1236 | ESMA's advice to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the application of the AIFMD passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 1.36 MB |
Executive summary Reasons for publication In accordance with Articles 36 and 42 of the Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMD), non-EU alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) and non-EU alternative investment funds (AIFs) managed by EU AIFMs are subject to the national private placement regime (NPPR) of each of the Member States where the AIFs are marketed or managed. However, the AIFMD makes provision for the passport, which is currently reserved to EU AIFMs and AIFs, to be potentially extended in future. Article 67(1) of the AIFMD establishes that, by 22 July 2015, ESMA shall issue to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission advice on the application of the passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs in accordance with the rules set out in Article 35 and 37 to 41 of the AIFMD. This document sets out ESMA’s advice on the application of the passport to six non-EU countries: Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, Switzerland, Singapore and the United States. Contents Section 1 of the advice sets out the background to ESMA’s work, while the detailed assessment of each of the aforementioned non-EU countries is contained in section 2. Annexes 1 to 7 contain a summary of the feedback to the call for evidence that ESMA launched in November 2014. Annex 8 gives a detailed breakdown by non-EU country of the number of non-EU AIFs and non-EU AIFMs active in Member States in accordance with Articles 36 and 42 of the AIFMD. Next Steps ESMA will continue to work on its assessment of other non-EU countries not covered in this advice with a view to delivering further submissions to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in the coming months. For those non-EU jurisdictions with which there are currently no supervisory cooperation arrangements in place for the purposes of the AIFMD, ESMA will continue its efforts to agree a MoU with the authorities concerned. | |||
| 28/11/2014 | 2014/1417 | ESMA's technical advice to the European Commission on delegated acts required by the UCITS V Directive | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 469.49 KB |
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| 04/04/2013 | 2013/302 | ESMA’s Technical Advice to the Commission on Fees for Trade Repositories | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 1.08 MB |
On 14 January 2013 ESMA received a formal request from the European Commission (the Commission) to provide technical advice to assist the Commission in formulating a Regulation on fees for Trade Repositories (TRs) by a delegated act. In order to deliver its advice to the Commission, ESMA consulted market participants regarding the proposed fee structures for registration, supervision and recognition of TRs. Respondents to this consultation were encouraged to provide the relevant data to support their arguments or proposals.Given the time period established for providing this advice, ESMA was compelled to require responses to the consultation within a short timeframe. In total, ESMA received 8 responses to the consultation. Non-confidential responses can be found on ESMA’s website. ESMA would like to thank respondents for providing input given the short period ESMA was able to consult for. This document sets out a summary of the responses received by ESMA regarding the fee structure for registration, supervision and recognition of TRs in the EU and includes ESMA’s final technical advice to the Commission on the future Regulation on fees for TRs which will be adopted by the Commission in the form of a delegated act. It is worth noting that all major ESMA proposals were supported by respondents and where comments were received ESMA has considered how best to adjust the original proposals. Next steps ESMA will follow-up on this work with the Commission as they work on the adoption of the Commission delegated regulation on fees for TRs. |
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| 12/09/2016 | 2016/1140 | Final advice on AIFMD passport | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 621.95 KB |
This version of the advice includes the following clarifications with respect to the assessment of the Isle of Man:
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| 17/05/2011 | 2011/144 | Final advice- ESMA´s Technical Advice to the Commission on Fees for CRAs | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Advice | PDF 1.72 MB |
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| 11/11/2019 | ESMA70-151-2650 | Final report on TA on EMIR_2_2_CCP fees | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 606.91 KB |
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| 16/11/2011 | 2011/379 | Final report- ESMA's technical advice to the European Commission on possible implementing measures of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 3.51 MB |
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| 16/02/2015 | 2015/227 | Final Report- ESMA’s technical advice to the European Commission on the delegated acts of the Regulations on European Social Entrepreneurship Funds and European Venture Capital Funds | Fund Management | Technical Advice | PDF 609.09 KB |
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| 05/08/2015 | 2015/1219 | Final Report- Technical Advice under the CSD Regulation | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 751.38 KB |
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| 11/11/2019 | ESMA70-151-2682 | Final Technical advice on Tiering Criteria under EMIR 2.2 | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 544.57 KB |
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| 10/04/2019 | JC 2019 25 | Joint ESA advice on the costs and benefits of developing a coherent cyber resilience testing framework for significant market participants and infrastructures | Innovation and Products, Joint Committee | Technical Advice | PDF 785.49 KB |
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| 10/04/2019 | JC 2019 26 | Joint ESA advice on the need for legislative improvements relating to ICT risk management requirements | Innovation and Products, Joint Committee | Technical Advice | PDF 1.34 MB |
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| 17/09/2014 | 2014/850rev | Technical Advice in accordance with Article 39(b) 2 of the CRA Regulation | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Advice | PDF 370.42 KB |
This document has been revised to reflect an amended figure in Table 1 and two re-classifications of solicitation status in Table 2. Article 39b(2) of the CRA Regulation states that the European Commission shall adopt a report by end 2014 – after receiving ESMA’s technical advice – on the appropriateness of the development of a European creditworthiness assessment for sovereign debt. In its request for advice, the Commission asked ESMA to provide input on the issue of sovereign ratings and rating processes including an overview of the market for sovereign ratings, information on operational issues regarding sovereign ratings, information on sovereign rating processes as well as lessons drawn from ESMA’s supervisory experience. Contents For the purposes of this advice, ESMA provides its views based on the quantitative information contained in the CEREP public database and on information publicly disclosed by credit rating agencies registered with ESMA. Additionally, ESMA’s advice has been informed by its first supervisory activities regarding the rating process for sovereign ratings of CRAs which are active in the EU sovereign rating market. In accordance with the CRA Regulation, these supervisory activities did not address the content of the sovereign methodologies themselves but rather were concerned with the independence, transparency and governance of the sovereign rating process. Sovereign credit ratings play a crucial role from a credit market and financial stability perspective, not least because sovereign governments account for the largest group of borrowers in capital markets in terms of volume. In addition the crucial importance of these sovereign ratings can be amplified by the “cascade” effect sovereign ratings have on other asset classes via their presence as factors in other asset methodologies. In the EU the sovereign rating market is composed of nine CRAs established in nine different EU member states. These nine CRAs exhibit a high level of variation with respect to the type and number of sovereign ratings they assign. Sovereign credit ratings themselves can also be differentiated in various ways depending on such factors as local/foreign currency, duration of issuance, whether the rating applies to a specific issuer or issuance and if it is solicited or unsolicited. In addition ESMA would like to emphasise the following points which it believes to be important when considering the appropriateness of the development of a European creditworthiness assessment of sovereign debt. | |||
| 11/11/2019 | ESMA70-151-2649 | Technical advice on comparable compliance | Post Trading | Technical Advice | PDF 790.06 KB |
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| 02/10/2015 | 2015/1472 | Technical Advice on Competition, Choice and Conflicts of Interest in the CRA industry | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Advice | PDF 2.48 MB |
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| 31/05/2013 | 2013/626 | Technical advice on CRA regulatory equivalence on Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and Singapore | Credit Rating Agencies | Technical Advice | PDF 840.48 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has provided advice to the European Commission in respect of the equivalence between the EU regulatory regime for credit rating agencies and the respective legal and supervisory frameworks of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and Singapore. This is in response to the European Commission’s request for technical advice from ESMA on the equivalence of these jurisdictions legal and supervisory frameworks with the EU regulatory regime for credit rating agencies as set out in Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council on credit rating agencies. The European Commission has already published equivalence decisions on US, Canada and Australia, on 9 October 2012, and on Japan, 28 October 2010. Regarding compliance with the EU requirements on endorsement, ESMA has already indicated that it considers the legal and regulatory regime for CRAs supervision of the following countries as “as stringent as” the EU requirements: 15 March 2012, Hong Kong and Singapore; 18 April 2012, Argentina and Mexico; 27 April 2012, Brazil. |