ESMA_QA_2198
Topic
Information to clients on topics other than costs and charges
27/05/2024
Subject Matter
Default rate disclosure
Question
Article 20 of the ECSPR requires CSPs who facilitate the granting of loans to annually disclose the information on the default rate of the crowdfunding projects over at least the preceding 36 months as well as the outcome statement on the expected and actual default rates along with the actual return achieved (for individual portfolio management of loans) of each financial year.

Should the reference period for the default rate disclosure include crowdfunding projects which started in the preceding 36 months, but which were offered on a crowdfunding platform of a CSP that, at the time of such offers, was providing crowdfunding services in accordance with the applicable national law before the expiration date of the transitional period established in Article 48 of the ECSPR?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2134
Topic
Safeguarding of client assets
15/03/2024
Subject Matter
Authorisation and supervision of CSPs
Question
When applying for the authorisation as a CSP, what are the proofs of own funds that existing
undertakings can provide to the relevant authorising authority for the purpose of point (i) of
Article 12(2) of the ECSPR and Field 10 of the Annex to the Delegated Regulation
2022/2112?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2133
Topic
Control functions (Compliance, Risk and Audit)
15/03/2024
Subject Matter
Use of Special Purpose Vehicles
Question
Can a CSP hold a participation in a SPV?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2132
Topic
Safeguarding of client assets
15/03/2024
Subject Matter
Use of Special Purpose Vehicles
Question
When should an entity be considered as an SPV within the meaning of point (q) of Article 2(1)
of the ECSPR ?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business
ESMA_QA_2055
Topic
Appropriateness
19/12/2023
Subject Matter
Legal person appointed as responsible of the management of a CSP
Question
Can a legal person be appointed to be responsible of the management of a CSP within the meaning of Article 12(2) of the ECSPR?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2020/1503 - European crowdfunding service providers for business