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23/12/2014 JC/DP/2014/01 Discussion Paper- The Use of Credit Ratings by Financial Intermediaries Article 5(a) of the CRA Regulation Credit Rating Agencies, Joint Committee Consultation Paper PDF
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03/02/2015 2015/233 Call for Evidence Competition, Choice and Conflicts of Interests in the CRA Industry Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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20/03/2015 2015/558 Call for evidence on private and bilateral SFIs Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
118.4 KB		 This call for evidence should be read by all those involved in the EU securitisation markets. It is particularly targeted at the following market participants and the groups and trade associations who represent them: •    Issuers, originators and sponsors of Structured Finance Instruments (SFIs);•    Investors acting in the securitisation markets;•    Market intermediaries other than the issuers, originators and sponsors of SFIs.Responses are most helpful to ESMA when they clearly indicate which question is being answered and provide evidence in support of the response, such as concrete examples of practices experienced, data or costs estimates. Should respondents feel that the distinction provided for by the two proposed categories (issuers vs. investors) is not suitable to their particular situation, ESMA welcomes these contributions in alternative format. ESMA will consider all responses that have been received by 20 May 2015. All contributions should be submitted online at www.esma.europa.eu under the heading ‘Your input - Consultations’.
17/11/2015 2015/1735 Discussion Paper on the validation and review of Credit Rating Agencies’ methodologies Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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25/01/2016 2016/96 Slides from ESMA’s Open Hearing on validation and review of CRAs’ methodologies Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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13/07/2016 2016/1121 Consultation Paper on the Guidelines on the validation and review of Credit Rating Agencies’ methodologies Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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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.
 
04/04/2017 33-5-94 Response Form CRA Endorsement Guidelines Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper DOCX
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11/04/2017 ESMA31-68-153 Closing Keynote CMU Mid Term Review Public Hearing- Steven Maijoor Speeches, Supervisory convergence Speech PDF
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06/07/2017 ESMA31-62-650 Draft technical advice on scrutiny and approval of the prospectus Prospectus Consultation Paper PDF
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06/07/2017 ESMA31-62-649 Draft technical advice on content and format of the EU Growth prospectus Prospectus Consultation Paper PDF
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06/07/2017 ESMA31-62-532 Draft technical advice on format and content of the prospectus Prospectus Consultation Paper PDF
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15/12/2017 ESMA31-62-802 Consultation Paper on draft RTS under the new Prospectus Regulation Prospectus 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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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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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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13/02/2019 ESMA71-319-91 Brexit – the regulatory challenges Brexit, Fund Management, MiFID - Secondary Markets, Post Trading, Speeches, Supervisory convergence Speech PDF
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Steven Maijoor keynote at the European Financial Forum in Dublin
12/07/2019 ESMA31-62-1239 Consultation Paper on Guidelines on prospectus disclosure Prospectus Consultation Paper PDF
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10/10/2019 ESMA71-319-144 Building the EU Capital Markets Union while fostering global financial markets- EU-Asia Financial Dialogue/ASIFMA Conference International cooperation, Speeches, Supervisory convergence, Sustainable finance Speech PDF
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EU-Asia Financial Dialogue/ASIFMA Conference, Tokyo 10 October
05/12/2019 ESMA33-9-355 Guidelines on Internal Controls for CRAs Credit Rating Agencies Consultation Paper PDF
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