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ESMA_QA_2919
Topic
Provision of investment services and activities by third country firms
15/09/2026
Subject Matter
Extraterritorirality of investor protection rules under MiFID II
Question
Do rules on investor protection set out in Directive 2014/65/ EU on markets in financial instruments (MiFID II) apply to investment firms, based and authorised in the EU, when they provide investment services to clients outside the EU?
Level 1 Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Investor Protection and Intermediaries
ESMA_QA_2949
Topic
Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP)
28/08/2026
Subject Matter
Use by CASPs of payment accounts provided by non-bank payment service providers for holding clients’ funds
Question
May an authorised CASP temporarily place clients’ funds in an account held with a non-bank payment service provider, such as an electronic money institution or a payment institution, while maintaining adequate arrangements to safeguard clients’ ownership rights in accordance with Article 70(2) of MiCA, provided that those funds are subsequently placed in an account held with a credit institution or a central bank no later than the end of the business day following the day on which they were received, in accordance with Article 70(3) of MiCA?

Furthermore, may clients’ funds remain beyond that deadline in an account held with a credit institution where that account has been opened in the name of, and is held by, a non-bank payment service provider specifically for the CASP and is technically segregated from all other accounts?
Level 1 Regulation
MiCA
ESMA_QA_2904
Topic
General questions - Book-entry form
25/08/2026
Subject Matter
Possible fraud
Question
Can you tell me if there is a person Gabriel keller that works for you
Level 1 Regulation
Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR
ESMA_QA_2891
Topic
48-hour rule
10/07/2026
Subject Matter
Access to dataset for factual error review
Question
When an ESG rating provider notifies an issuer or rated item for the purposes of a fact-checking review, is access to the respective dataset granted only upon request?
Level 1 Regulation
ESGR - Regulation (EU) 2024/3005
ESMA_QA_2890
Topic
48-hour rule
10/07/2026
Subject Matter
Scope of two working day notification period
Question
Do the two full working days encompass the notification to the rated item, the submission of a request for access to the information and the fact-checking review?
Level 1 Regulation
ESGR - Regulation (EU) 2024/3005