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22/12/2011 2011/461 Final report- Regulatory Technical Standards on the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies shall disclose in accordance with Article 11(2) and point 1 of Part II of Section E of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 Credit Rating Agencies Technical Standards PDF
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22/12/2011 2011/462 Final Report- Draft RTS on the assessment of compliance of credit rating methodologies with CRA Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Technical Standards PDF
445.83 KB
22/12/2011 2011/463 Final report- Regulatory technical standards on the information for registration and certification of credit rating agencies Credit Rating Agencies Technical Standards PDF
444.79 KB
22/12/2011 2011/464 Final report- Draft RTS on the content and format of ratings data periodic reporting to be requested from credit ratings agencies for the purpose of on-going supervision by ESMA Credit Rating Agencies Technical Standards PDF
485.78 KB
30/03/2012 2012/228 Draft technical standards on the Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps Short Selling Technical Standards PDF
1.02 MB		 Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (the Regulation)  requires ESMA to develop draft regulatory (RTS) and implementing technical standards (ITS) in relation to several provisions contained in Articles 9, 11, 12 and 16 of the Regulation. The draft RTS and ITS will be submitted to the European Commission by 31 March 2012. The Commission has three months to decide whether to endorse ESMAs draft technical standards. A further regulatory technical standard, on the method of calculation of the fall in value of a financial instrument required under Article 24(8) of the Regulation will be submitted together with the technical advice in the course of April 2012.
10/06/2013 2013/619 Annex II Comparative table of responses from EEA States Prospectus Report PDF
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10/06/2013 2013/619 Annex III Individual responses from EEA States Prospectus Report PDF
2.63 MB
2013-619_report_liability_regimes_under_the_prospectus_directive_published_on_website.pdf
29/07/2013 JC 2013/01 Final Draft Regulatory Technical Standards Joint Committee Technical Standards PDF
1.17 MB
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.
24/06/2014 2014/685 Draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the CRA3 Regulation Credit Rating Agencies Technical Standards PDF
2.39 MB		 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Final Report on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) required under the Credit Rating Agencies (CRA3) Regulation regarding information on transparency of structured finance instruments, the European Rating Platform and periodic reporting of fees charged by credit rating agencies. The draft RTS, which complement the existing regulatory framework for credit rating agencies (CRAs), cover: • disclosure requirements on structured finance instruments (SFIs); • the European Rating Platform (ERP); and • the periodic reporting on fees charged by CRAs.
23/12/2014 JC/2014/092 Draft RTS on risk concentration and intra-group financial transactions under Financial Conglomerates Directive Joint Committee Technical Standards PDF
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18/02/2015 JC/GL/2014/43 Appendix 1 Compliance table for JC guidelines for complaints-handling for the securities (ESMA) and banking (EBA) sectors Guidelines and Technical standards, Joint Committee Compliance table PDF
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The table contains details of the competent authorities* who comply or intend to comply with the ESAs’ Joint Guidelines on complaints-handling for the securities (ESMA) and banking (EBA) sectors.
28/09/2015 2015-ESMA-1455 Final Report MAR TS Market Abuse Technical Standards PDF
1.77 MB
05/02/2016 2016/234 ESMA’s supervision of credit rating agencies and trade repositories- 2015 annual report and 2016 work plan. Credit Rating Agencies, Trade Repositories Report PDF
2.08 MB

The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) annual report and work programme has been prepared according to Article 21 of Regulation 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies as amended (the CRA Regulation) and Article 85 of Regulation 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR). It highlights the direct supervisory activities carried out by ESMA during 2015 regarding credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TRs) and outlines ESMA’s main priorities in these areas for 2016.

ESMA adopts a risk-based approach to the supervision of CRAs and TRs in accordance with its overall objectives of promoting financial stability and orderly markets and enhancing investor protection. This risk-based approach requires the analysis of information from a variety of sources and the application of multiple supervisory tools including day-to-day supervision, cycle of engagement meetings with supervised entities, on-site inspections and dedicated investigations.

In order to build on the expertise that ESMA has developed through its supervision of CRAs and TRs, ESMA created a single Supervision Department in November 2015. ESMA intends to draw on the best practices identified from the supervision of both types of entity to further enhance its supervisory effectiveness in future.
07/04/2016 JC/2016/17 JC Risks and Vulnerabilities Report- Spring 2016 Joint Committee Report PDF
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13/07/2016 2016/1130 Final Report on the Market Abuse Regulation Guidelines Market Abuse, Market Integrity Report PDF
852.59 KB
28/07/2016 2016/1170 Report on EEA prospectus activity in 2015 Corporate Disclosure, Prospectus Report PDF
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16/12/2016 2016/1662 2016-1662 Competition & Choice in the Credit Rating Industry Credit Rating Agencies Report PDF
1.22 MB
03/02/2017 ESMA80-1467488426-27 Supervision Annual Report 2016 and Work Programme 2017 Credit Rating Agencies, Trade Repositories Report PDF
2.49 MB
06/04/2017 ESMA33-9-158 Supervisory Briefing: A Common Approach to the CRA Regulation’s Provisions for Encouraging the use of Smaller CRAs Credit Rating Agencies Report PDF
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  1. ESMA is required to play an active role in building a common supervisory culture by promoting common supervisory approaches and practices among nationally appointed Sectoral Competent Authorities (‘SCAs’).
  1. The purpose of this supervisory briefing is to provide guidance to SCAs in relation to the application of Articles 8c and 8d of the CRA Regulation and promote a common supervisory approach and enforcement of these Articles. In this regard, the Supervisory Briefing includes the following:
  1. A Common Supervisory Approach as to which issuers and related third parties are covered by Article 8c and 8d; and,
  1. A Standard Form for documentation in accordance with article 8d.
  1. The common supervisory approach will assist SCAs as well as issuers and related third parties by clearly establishing who should be prioritised for supervision and enforcement under these Articles.
  1. The Standard Form will assist SCAs by guaranteeing standardised and consistent data across different issuers and related third parties. It will also assist issuers and related third parties by providing clarity as to how they may meet their regulatory obligations under these Articles and simplify their internal processes by removing the need to develop in-house templates for documenting compliance under Article 8d.
  1. The Supervisory Briefing will be published on ESMA’s website and on the websites of the nationally appointed SCAs.
 

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