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05/08/2014	2014/1009	Guidelines and Recommendations on the implementation of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures in respect of CCP	Guidelines and Technical standards	Guidelines & Recommendations	PDF 492.06 KB		These Guidelines and Recommendations concern the implementation of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure (PFMIs) by competent authorities as part of the exercise of their duties resulting from EMIR for the authorisation and supervision of CCPs under Article 22(1) of EMIR.
23/09/2014	2014/1164	Statement by Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority at the ECON Committee, European Parliament 23 September 2014	Corporate Information	Statement	PDF 109.53 KB		Dear Members of the European Parliament, Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your election or re-election as a Member of the European Parliament and as a member of this important committee. Call it a “Single Capital Market” or “Capital Market Union”, the financial regulatory reform in the European Union (EU) in the last five years has made solid progress and is a decisive step towards the aim of completing the single market in financial services. This is not only a necessity to tackle failures exposed by the financial crisis, it is also a crucial part of realising the overriding objective of securing economic recovery in the EU. However, it will only reach its full potential if the single rule book is applied consistently and supervised adequately so that all stakeholders can benefit from it in daily practice. ESMA plays a key role in achieving this objective, by enhancing investor protection and by promoting stable and orderly financial markets in the EU. Since its inception three and a half years ago, ESMA has contributed to the creation of an EU single rulebook by developing technical standards and guidelines, and by assisting the European Institutions, and the European Commission in particular, in providing technical advice on such areas as: over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, hedge funds and private equity, short selling, high frequency trading, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), investment advice and financial information. In the last 12 months, ESMA finalised 22 technical standards and pieces of technical advice to the European Commission, as well as seven sets of guidelines, in order to complete the legal framework in areas such as Credit Rating Agencies, prospectuses, market infrastructures, European Social Entrepreneurship Funds and European Venture Capital Funds. We are currently translating the recently agreed MiFID II/MiFIR requirements into practically applicable rules. I will not run through all the work we have done on the single rulebook in that time as you can find an overview and some statistics in the Annex to my Statement which was distributed to you. I would like to stress that throughout the entire policy process we engage as much as possible with all relevant stakeholders – through hearings, direct meetings and consultations. We have – and will continue – to interact with many stakeholder associations representing consumers, investors and market participants - and solicit the views of ESMA’s Securities and Markets Stakeholders Group (SMSG). To mention two examples, right now we are assessing the almost 800 responses we have received to our MiFID II discussion and consultation papers and ESMA has received more than 1500 questions on the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). ESMA has successfully developed a regime of direct supervision at EU level. We supervise 23 credit rating agencies by conducting thematic investigations, on-site visits, analysing the information CRAs provide to the public and by monitoring the implementation of remedial action plans. In June this year, ESMA concluded its first enforcement action and issued a public notice censuring Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services France SAS and Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (S&P) for failing to meet certain organisational requirements. EMIR brings more transparency to derivatives markets by introducing mandatory reporting to trade repositories (TRs). Since November 2013, six repositories have been registered and are now supervised by ESMA. Since reporting under EMIR went live, derivatives trade data has flowed into the repositories: as of 30 June 2014, more than 1 billion new trades have been reported to the TRs. Regulators now have access, or are in the process of establishing access, to derivatives data which should help in providing a clearer picture on the risks associated with those markets. On identifying risks to investor protection and stability, ESMA has substantially improved its data and intelligence gathering capabilities. Risks in securities markets are, for example regularly, identified and reported on in ESMA’s Trend, Risk and Vulnerabilities Report. Concerning the convergence of supervisory practices we have employed a range of instruments, including Q&As, opinions and peer reviews. Regarding peer reviews, we have strengthened our methodology, including the more frequent use of on-site visits. More generally, with the reform of financial markets moving from legislation to implementation, supervisory convergence will become a higher priority in ESMA’s activities and we will increase our resources allocated to this area. That brings me to the last topic I would like to raise, which I also brought to this Committee’s attention last year, the need for a stable budget. Today, our funding comes from a combination of the EU budget, levies on the financial market entities that we supervise directly, and the Member States’ national competent authorities. We are concerned that an increasing budget contribution from national competent authorities might pose undue difficulties to their functioning. This would run counter to the reinforcement of securities markets regulation and supervision at both EU and national level as envisaged in the regulatory reform programme. ESMA’s funding should guarantee its independence and not create potential undue influence. Therefore, we believe that the co-legislators should consider increasing the funding ESMA receives from financial market entities which require ESMA’s intervention and to increase the Union’s share in ESMA’s budget through an independent budget line directly adopted by the co-legislators. Thank you for your attention.
28/05/2014	2014/576	Voting Procedures for CCP colleges under EMIR	Post Trading	Opinion	PDF 94.15 KB
19/11/2015	2015/1750	EMIR statement re bank guarantees energy market	Post Trading	Statement	PDF 111.67 KB
29/01/2015	2015/223	Opinion on draft RTS on the Clearing Obligation	Post Trading	Opinion	PDF 601.97 KB		Legal Basis According to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) shall develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying the class of OTC derivatives that should be subject to the clearing obligation, the date or dates from which the clearing obligation takes effect, including any phase in and the categories of counterparties to which the obligation applies, and the minimum remaining maturity of the OTC derivative contracts referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(ii) of EMIR. Background and Procedure On 1 October 2014, ESMA submitted a draft regulatory technical standard (RTS) on the clearing obligation to the European Commission pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation No (EU) 1095/2010 (the ESMA Regulation) and Article 5(2) of EMIR. This draft RTS covered Interest Rate Swaps. On 18 December 2014, the Commission informed ESMA of its intention to endorse with amendments this draft RTS and submitted to ESMA a modified version of the RTS (the “modified RTS”) introducing, among others, (1) amendments to the date on which the frontloading obligation starts to apply and (2) a new provision on the treatment of non-EU intragroup transactions. Pursuant to Article 10(1) of the ESMA Regulation, this notification from the Commission opens a period of six weeks during which ESMA may amend its draft RTS on the clearing obligation on the basis of the Commission’s proposed amendments and resubmit it to the Commission in the form of a formal opinion. ESMA has to send a copy of its formal opinion to the European Parliament and to the Council. In accordance with Article 44(1) of the ESMA Regulation the Board of Supervisors has to adopt a formal opinion. Executive Summary ESMA agrees with the ultimate objectives of the modifications that the European Commission intends to introduce. However, ESMA considers that the tool proposed by the Commission for the matter related to the non-EU intra group transactions is not appropriate from a legal perspective and, in the case that the Commission intention is to define a later application date for those transactions, ESMA stands ready to explore, in coordination with the Commission, a different manner to incorporate that provision. ESMA backs the modifications on the frontloading section, though has a few observations and improvements with respect to several recitals. ESMA proposes to incorporate the suggestion of the Commission to deal with the application of the 8 billion threshold to investment funds for the definitions of types of counterparties as a specific provision in the text of the RTS.
21/05/2015	2015/838	ESMA's opinion on the composition of CCP colleges under EMIR	Post Trading	Opinion	PDF 131.98 KB
22/05/2015	2015/880	ESMA Opinion to the EU institutions on the impact of EMIR on UCITS	Fund Management	Opinion	PDF 208.55 KB
15/11/2016	2016/1575	Opinion- Common indicators for new products and services under Article 15 and for significant changes under Article 49 of EMIR	Post Trading	Opinion	PDF 246.48 KB
27/03/2018	ESMA70-151-1272	ESMA Guidelines on position calculation by trade repositories under EMIR Final Report	Post Trading	Guidelines & Recommendations	PDF 661.44 KB
28/03/2019	ESMA70-151-1350	Guidelines on position calculation by Trade Repositories under EMIR	Guidelines and Technical standards, Post Trading	Guidelines & Recommendations	PDF 184.37 KB		BG - Преводът е предоставен от Центъра за преводи за органите на Европейския съюз. CS - Tento překlad vypracovalo Překladatelské středisko pro instituce Evropské unie. DA - Denne oversættelse er udarbejdet af Oversættelsescentret for Den Europæiske Unions Organer. DE - Die Übersetzung erfolgte durch das Übersetzungszentrum für die Einrichtungen der Europäischen Union. EL - Η παρούσα μετάφραση έγινε από το Μεταφραστικό Κέντρο των Οργάνων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. ES - Texto traducido por el Centro de Traducción de los Órganos de la Unión Europea. ET - Selle tõlke tegi Euroopa Liidu Asutuste Tõlkekeskus. FI - Euroopan unionin elinten käännöskeskus on tehnyt tämän käännöksen. FR - La présente traduction a été fournie par le Centre de traduction des organes de l’Union européenne. HR - Za prijevod se pobrinuo Prevoditeljski centar za tijela Europske unije. HU - Ezt a fordítást az Európai Unió. IT - La presente traduzione è stata fornita dal Centro di traduzione degli organismi dell’Unione europea. LT - Šį tekstą išvertė Europos Sąjungos įstaigų vertimo centras. LV - Šo tulkojumu ir nodrošinājis Eiropas Savienības iestāžu Tulkošanas centrs. MT - Din it-traduzzjoni ġiet ipprovduta miċ-Ċentru tat-Traduzzjoni għall-Korpi tal-Unjoni Ewropea. NL - Deze vertaling is verzorgd door het Vertaalbureau voor de organen van de Europese Unie. PL - Tłumaczenie wykonane przez Centrum Tłumaczeń dla Organów Unii Europejskiej. PT - Esta tradução foi fornecida pelo Centro de Tradução dos Organismos da União Europeia. RO - Această traducere a fost asigurată de Centrul de Traduceri pentru Organismele Uniunii Europene. SK - Preklad vyhotovilo Prekladateľské stredisko pre orgány Európskej únie. SL - Prevod je zagotovil Prevajalski center za organe Evropske unije. SV - Den här översättningen har utförts av Översättningscentrum för Europeiska unionens organ.		bgcsdadeelesetfifrhrhuitltlvmtnlplptroskslsv
01/02/2019	ESMA70-151-1997	ESMA statement on issues affecting reporting, recordkeeping, reconciliation, data access, portability and aggregation of derivatives under Article 9 EMIR in the case of UK withdrawal from the EU without a transitional agreement	Post Trading	Statement	PDF 145.21 KB
10/04/2017	ESMA70-708036281-18	Opinion on portfolio margining requirements under Article 27 of EMIR Delegated Regulation	Post Trading	Opinion	PDF 240.08 KB
23/02/2017	ESMA70-708036281-185	ESAs communication on variation margin exchange under the EMIR RTS on OTC derivatives	Post Trading	Statement	PDF 223.39 KB
31/05/2017	ESMA71-99-470	ESMA registers Bloomberg Trade Repository Limited as a trade repository	Press Releases, Trade Repositories	Statement	PDF 141.48 KB		The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU supervisor of trade repositories (TRs), has registered Bloomberg Trade Repository Limited as a TR under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), with effect from 7 June 2017. Bloomberg Trade Repository Limited is based in the United Kingdom and covers the following derivative asset classes: commodities, credit, foreign exchange, equities and interest rates.