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Reset all filters| Date | Ref. | Title | Section | Type | Download | Info | Summary | Related Documents | Translated versions |
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| 28/03/2011 | 2011/22 | Report- ESMA Data on Prospectuses Approved and Passported- July 2010 to December 2010 | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Final Report | PDF 134.79 KB |
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| 26/07/2012 | 2012/482 | Review of Greek Government Bonds accounting practices | Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence | Final Report | PDF 583.61 KB |
This report includes a Review of Greek Government Bonds accounting practices in the IFRS Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2011. |
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| 16/08/2012 | 2012/525 | Summary of responses on considerations of materiality in financial reporting | Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence | Final Report | PDF 383.4 KB |
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| 27/09/2012 | 2012/600 | Draft technical standards under the Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC Derivatives, CCPs and Trade Repositories | Post Trading | Technical Standards | PDF 1.88 MB |
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| 27/09/2012 | 2012/600 Annex VIII | Impact assessment- Annex VIII of the Final report on draft Regulatory and Implementing Technical Standards on Regulation (EU) 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 2.32 MB |
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| 25/09/2012 | 2012/602 | ESMA Data on Prospectuses Approved and Passported- January 2011 to December 2011 | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Final Report | PDF 573.49 KB |
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| 25/09/2012 | 2012/603 | ESMA Data on Prospectuses Approved and Passported- January 2012 to June 2012 | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Final Report | PDF 431.12 KB |
NOTE: This Report is an amended version of the Report published on 25 September 2012. The previously published Report was amended on 15 May 2013 following the discovery of factual errors in the statis-tical information in Section III.2. Title ESMA Data on Prospectuses Approved and Passported - January 2012 to June 2012 | |||
| 03/01/2013 | 2012/874 | Report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the budgetary implications of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 526.73 KB |
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| 12/09/2013 | 2013/08/ODRG | Agreed Understandings to Resolving Cross-border Conflicts, Inconsistencies, Gaps and Duplicative Requirements | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 442.48 KB |
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| 08/08/2013 | 2013/1087 | Final Report on amended EMIR implementing technical standards | Post Trading | Technical Standards | PDF 335.07 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has sent the European Commission a Final Report proposing an amendment to Article 5 of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No.1247/2012 (ITS on reporting) on the format and frequency of reporting to trade repositories under EMIR. The amendment relates specifically to the reporting of exchange traded derivatives (ETDs) and proposes postponing the reporting start date by one year. Background Article 5 regards the reporting start date of derivatives to trade repositories, however the current dates do not include a specification of ETDs. This specification would be useful as there is a risk currently that reporting of ETDs is not harmonised unless further regulatory guidance is issued. Based on the need to ensure the consistent implementation of EMIR, ESMA considered that guidelines and recommendations should be developed in relation to this issue. A delay in the reporting date for ETD transactions will allow sufficient time for the development of the relevant guidelines and their implementation by counterparties, trade repositories and regulators. The European Commission has three months to decide whether to endorse ESMA’s draft implementing technical standards. |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1370 | Technical advice on third country regulatory equivalence under EMIR – India | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 2.44 MB |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1373 | ESMA Technical advice on equivalence of Australia- OTC and TR (Supplement) | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 736.17 KB |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1374 | Technical advice on third country regulatory equivalence under EMIR – Switzerland (Supplement) | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 117.72 KB |
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| 02/10/2013 | 2013/1375 | Technical advice on third country regulatory equivalence under EMIR – Canada | Post Trading | Final Report | PDF 1.39 MB |
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| 18/11/2013 | 2013/1657 | Draft technical standards under EMIR on contracts with a direct, substantial and foreseeable effect within the Union and non-evasion | Post Trading | Technical Standards | PDF 394.75 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) related to derivative transactions by non-European Union (EU) counterparties. The RTS implement provisions of the Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR). |
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| 18/11/2013 | 2013/1664 | Review of Accounting Practices- Comparability of IFRS Financial Statements of Financial Institutions in Europe | Corporate Disclosure | Final Report | PDF 1.3 MB |
This report provides an overview of accounting practices of financial institutions in Europe in selected areas related to financial instruments. It evaluates the level of comparability and quality of the disclosures in the 2012 IFRS financial statements of a sample of 39 major European financial institutions and includes recommendations to enhance the transparency of financial information through the application of the IFRS provisions. Transparent financial information plays a key role in maintaining market confidence, improving markets’ efficiency by allowing investors to identify risks in a timely manner, contributing to financial stability and is a pre-requisite in creating premises for sound economic growth. As an effect of market turbulences resulting from the financial crisis, transparency and comparability of the financial statements of financial institutions have gained increased importance for market participants. In this context, ESMA has intensified its reviewing activities, with an increased focus on the financial statements of financial institutions and together with EBA and ESRB has undertaken further initiatives to improve the level of confidence in the financial sector by asking financial institutions to provide better disclosure of financial and risk information in financial reporting. Overall ESMA found that disclosures specifically covered by requirements of IFRS 7 – Financial Instru-ments: Disclosures were generally provided and acknowledges the efforts made by financial institutions to improve the quality of their financial statements. Yet, ESMA observed a wide variability in the quality of the information provided and identified some cases where the information provided was not sufficient or not sufficiently structured to allow comparability among financial institutions. Some financial institutions provided disclosures that were not specific enough, lacked links between quantitative and narrative information, or provided disclosures that could not be reconciled to the primary financial statements. ESMA urges issuers to take a step back and consider the overall objectives of IFRS 7 against their specific circumstances when preparing disclosures. When information was provided outside financial statements (e.g. in a risk report or business review), in some cases it was unclear whether it was incorporated by reference. In general, users of financial infor-mation would benefit if information provided in different sections of the financial report were linked to each other and if information provided across these reports was consistent or major differences in bases used to provide this information were explained. | |||
| 18/12/2013 | 2013/1943 | ESMA Data on Prospectuses Approved and Passported—January 2013 to June 2013 | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Final Report | PDF 338.17 KB |
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| 20/12/2013 | 2013/1970 | Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on specific situations that require the publication of a supplement to the prospectus | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Technical Standards | PDF 713.74 KB |
The Final Report contains the draft Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) on situations which require the publication of a supplement to the prospectus which ESMA is required to submit to the European Commission by 1 January 2014 in accordance with Article 16(3) of the Prospectus Directive. The Report furthermore includes a summary of the main responses received to ESMA’s Consultation Paper which was published in March 2013. The draft RTS sets out nine situations which are always considered to be significant in the context of securities issuance and where a supplement to the prospectus will always be required. Other situations would require a case-by-case assessment. | |||
| 14/02/2013 | 2013/218 | Considerations of materiality in financial reporting | Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence | Final Report | PDF 446.95 KB |
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| 10/06/2013 | 2013/619 | Comparison of liability regimes in Member States in relation to the Prospectus Directive | Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure | Final Report | PDF 596.91 KB |
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report on the Comparison of liability regimes in Member States in relation to the Prospectus Directive. This is the first report of its kind and provides a comparison of liability regimes covering the EEA – comprising the 27 EU Member States along with Iceland and Norway and is aimed at providing clarity for market participants about the different regimes in place. The report contains an overview of the different arrangements and frameworks in place in EEA States to address administrative, criminal, civil and governmental liability, and provides clarity to market participants about the different regimes in place. The report was compiled in response to a European Commission request of January 2011 for assistance in identifying and monitoring the different regimes in EEA states. The report does not cover how the regimes, or sanctions, are applied. Report Comparison of liability regimes in Member States in relation to the Prospectus Directive Annex II Comparative table of responses from EEA States Annex III Individual responses from EEA States |