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29/01/2021 ESMA 80-196-5019 Consultation Paper on Fees Charged to CRAs by ESMA Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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08/12/2020 ESMA32-67-765 Speech Steven Maijoor- The three paradoxes of sustainability reporting and how to address them IFRS Supervisory Convergence, Speeches, Sustainable finance, Transparency Speech PDF
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01/12/2020 ESMA32-67-142 Compliance table on ESMA Guidelines on the enforcement of financial information Corporate Disclosure, IFRS Supervisory Convergence Compliance table PDF
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06/11/2020 ESMA71-99-1432 Opening Statement Verena Ross ECMI 6 November 2020 Credit Rating Agencies, Speeches Speech PDF
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23/04/2020 JC 2020 16 Joint ESA consultation on ESG disclosures Joint Committee, Sustainable finance Consultation Paper PDF
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02/04/2020 ESMA70-151-2823 ESMA Report to the European Commission on Central Clearing Obligations for PSA- No 1 Joint Committee, Post Trading, Supervisory convergence Consultation Paper PDF
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30/03/2020 ESMA33-5-829 Call for evidence on access and use of ratings Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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12/02/2020 ESMA32-67-642 Sustainable financial markets: translating changing risks and investor preferences into regulatory action- Speech by Steven Maijoor, European Financial Forum, Dublin Credit Rating Agencies, Speeches, Supervisory convergence Speech PDF
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05/12/2019 ESMA33-9-355 Guidelines on Internal Controls for CRAs Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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04/12/2019 ESMA70-21038340-46 Compliance table for the Guidelines on market making activities under the Short Selling Regulation Guidelines and Technical standards, Market Integrity, Short Selling Compliance table PDF
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04/11/2019 esma22-105-1073 Annex_to_the_opening_statement_for_econ_hearing_4_november_2019 Short Selling Speech PDF
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16/10/2019 JC-2019-63 Consultation Paper on amendments to PRIIPs KID Fund Management, Joint Committee Consultation Paper PDF
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19/12/2018 ESMA 33-9-290 Consulation Paper on Disclosure Requirements Applicable to Credit Ratings Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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06/11/2018 ESMA35-43-1215 Compliance table for Joint ESMA and EBA Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of members of the management body Guidelines and Technical standards, Joint Committee, MiFID - Investor Protection Compliance table PDF
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19/07/2018 ESMA 33-9-252 Consulation Paper on Revised Guidelines on Periodic Reporting by CRAs Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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27/03/2018 ESMA33-9-235 Consultation paper- Draft Guidelines on “as stringent as” notion in the CRA Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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22/02/2018 ESMA70-145-441 ECON scrutiny session Short Selling Regulation Verena Ross Short Selling Speech PDF
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07/07/2017 ESMA70-145-127 Consultation paper on the evaluation of the short-selling regulation Market Integrity, Short Selling Consultation Paper PDF
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04/04/2017 33-5-94 Response Form CRA Endorsement Guidelines Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper DOCX
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04/04/2017 33-9-149 Update of the guidelines on the application of the endorsement regime under Article 4(3) of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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Endorsement is one of two regimes provided in the CRA Regulation that allow credit ratings issued in a third country to be used for regulatory purposes in the EU – the other being equivalence/certification. Article 21(3) of the CRA Regulation requires ESMA to issue and update guidelines on the application of the endorsement regime specified under Article 4(3) of the same Regulation. This Consultation Paper proposes to update the previously issued 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement.
The proposed update of the 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement is mainly driven by the need to reflect the changes to Articles 6-12 and Annex I introduced by CRA 3, which will enter into force for the purposes of equivalence and endorsement on 1 June 2018. On that basis, ESMA has to update the Methodological Framework on which ESMA relies for assessing a third-country legal and supervisory framework for the purposes of endorsement and equivalence. This Methodological Framework is provided in Annex II of the 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement. By 1 June 2018, ESMA should also have completed a reassessment of all the previously assessed third-country legal and regulatory frameworks against the new requirements based on the updated Methodological Framework (provided in Annex III).


ESMA has taken this opportunity to reassess its approach to endorsement more broadly, based on the supervisory experience acquired since the adoption of the 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement. The proposed changes and clarification of the 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement focus in particular on ESMA’s understanding of points (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Article 4(3) of the CRA Regulation.
Furthermore, some parts of the 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement relate to the establishment of ESMA, the initial registration of CRAs and various transitional arrangements. The proposed updated Guidelines on Endorsement do not include these parts, as they are no longer relevant. Finally, some information in the 2011 Guidelines on Endorsement was not addressed to market participants but referred to ESMA’s internal processes. This information has also been excluded from the proposed updated guidelines on Endorsement, but is, for context, summarised in Section 4 of this Consultation Paper.
 

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