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_2189
Topic
ELTIF
21/05/2024
Subject Matter
ELTIF prospectus and the Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC and Regulation 809/2004
Question
The reading of several NCAs of the article 23 of ELTIF Regulation is that, as far as prospectus EU legal framework is concerned (Directive 2003/71 and Regulation 809/2004), solely the provisions of such framework that are explicitly mentioned by the ELTIF Regulation shall be applied.
Hence, since the provision concerning the prospectus authorization is not quoted in the ELTIF Regulation, such an authorization is not due for the prospectus of an ELTIF.

The prospectus of the ELTIF is however scrutinized by these NCAs before its publication; such scrutiny is conducted in the context of the marketing procedure laid down in Article 31(4) of the ELTIF Regulation (marketing of units or shares of ELTIFs).

It is however unclear whether a different approach is adopted by other Member States, pursuant to which the authorization of the prospectus is put in place.

The difference between the two approaches is also relevant in the context of the update of the information included in the prospectus. Indeed, at the time of the update of the prospectus:

• if the authorization is not due, the updated version of the prospectus can be published and the NCA can put in place an ex post supervision;
• if the authorization is due, the updated version of the prospectus shall be authorized by the NCA before being published.

Which of these two possible legal interpretations should be considered as the correct one?
Level 1 Regulation
European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation (ELTIF) Regulation (EU) 2015/760
ESMA_QA_2186
Topic
CCP Resolution
14/05/2024
Subject Matter
Voting arrangements in resolution colleges
Question
Where one authority attends a resolution college in multiple roles pursuant to Article 4(2) of CCP RRR, would it have the corresponding number of votes?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR)
ESMA_QA_2185
Topic
CCP Resolution
14/05/2024
Subject Matter
Voting arrangements in resolution colleges
Question
How should votes be distributed in the case of two or more authorities in a particular Member State sharing one of the roles specified in Article 4(2) of CCP RRR?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR)
ESMA_QA_2184
Topic
CCP Resolution
14/05/2024
Subject Matter
Resolution college membership
Question
Could the competent authority of the CCP’s parent undertaking be invited to participate in the resolution college, if the parent undertaking is not a CCP and operates in a third country?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR)