Are foreign currency bonds of EU Member States also covered by the restrictions on uncovered short sales in sovereign debts?

To what extent are instruments which give claims to as yet unissued shares (subscription rights, convertible bonds) affected by the restriction?

Can a legal person within a group enter into an uncovered short sale provided that another legal entity within the same group has fulfilled one of the conditions set out in Article 12(1) of the Regulation with regards to the same instrument?

What happens if a person has made a disclosure before 15.30 but, because of regulatory checks or other issues outside the person's control, the disclosure is not published until after that time?

How will late submissions of disclosable short positions be dealt with by competent authorities? When will publication of such late disclosures take place?