ESMA_QA_2104
Topic
Direct Electronic Access and algorithmic trading
12/02/2024
Subject Matter
Market making in securitised derivatives
Question
Are there technical circumstances related to securitised derivatives under which it can be considered that a market maker posting one-way quotes is considered to meet the obligations on market making agreements set out in Article 2 of RTS 8?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets
ESMA_QA_2103
Topic
ICT risk management
11/02/2024
Subject Matter
EUC, EULA and Shadow IT
Question
For complying with the regulatory provisions envisaged by the DORA Regulation, Financial Entities should consider End User Computing (EUC) tools, End User License Agreements (EULA), and the conditions of Shadow IT.
Would it be possible to obtain the regulatory references for these areas?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
ESMA_QA_2100
Topic
Digital operational resilience testing
05/02/2024
Subject Matter
Cross-border Market Jurisdiction
Question
Would an EU-based Firm providing ICT Services wholly to non-EU-based Firms be deemed in or out of scope for DORA?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
ESMA_QA_2099
Topic
Other DORA topics
05/02/2024
Subject Matter
The activities of credit bureaus (credit reporting agencies)
Question
The activities of credit bureaus (credit reporting agencies) are not directly referenced within the scope of DORA. These services may not traditionally seen as "ICT Services", but they could be interpreted as "data services provided through ICT systems". Are these intended to be within scope for ICT services?
Level 1 Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
ESMA_QA_2096
Topic
* EMIR Reporting
02/02/2024
Subject Matter
Subsidiaries
Question
Table 102 of the Guidelines specifies that GLEIF database should be used to determine the access rights of the relevant members of the ESCB, including the ECB in carrying out its tasks within a single supervisory mechanism, when applying the filtering for the fields 2.144 ‘Reference entity’, 1.4 ‘Counterparty 1 (Reporting counterparty’, 1.9 ‘Counterparty 2’, 1.15 ‘Broker ID’ and 1.16 ‘Clearing member’. Should the authorities in question have also access to the derivatives involving subsidiaries of the relevant entities and, if so, how the access rights should be determined?
Level 1 Regulation
European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Regulation (EU) No 648/2012- MDP