CONSULTATIONS

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From 26/03/2008 to 26/06/2008 Common understanding of the obligations imposed by European Regulation 1781/2006 on the information on the payer accompanying funds transfers to payment service providers of payees SEE RESPONSES
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From 18/02/2008 to 18/03/2008 CESR/ERGEG Call for evidence on record keeping, transparency, supply contracts and derivatives for electricity and gas SEE RESPONSES
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In December 2007 the European Commission issued a joint mandate to the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) with a Call for Technical Advice related to Articles 22f and 24f and Recitals 20 and 22 respectively in the…

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From 13/02/2008 to 31/03/2008 Consultation on The role of credit rating agencies in structured finance SEE RESPONSES
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In September 2007 the EU Commission issued an additional request for CESR to review the role of credit rating agencies (CRAs) as part of its annual report on their compliance with the IOSCO Code.

The purpose of the consultation document published today is to seek comments on the…

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From 18/01/2008 to 29/02/2008 CESR/CEBS Call for Evidence on Commodities SEE RESPONSES
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In December 2007 the European Commission issued a Call for Technical Advice related to the review under Articles 65(3)(a), (b) and (d) of MiFID and Article 48(2) of the CRD. CESR and CEBS are requested to deliver its technical advice by end-July 2008.

In order to prepare this advice, CESR…

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From 18/12/2007 to 25/02/2008 CESR's advice on the equivalence of Chinese, Japanese and US GAAPs SEE RESPONSES
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The objective of this advice, subject to consultation, is to assist the European Commission in determining, by 1st July 2008, the equivalence of third country GAAP under the Prospectus and Transparency Directives.

Interested parties are asked to consider the questions in the consultation…

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From 17/12/2007 to 21/01/2008 Consultation paper on improving the functioning of the MiFID database SEE RESPONSES
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Under the MiFID Directive CESR is responsible for publishing lists for shares admitted to trading on a regulated market, systematic internalisers, multilateral trading facilities, regulated markets and central counterparties.

CESR has so far published a database of shares admitted to…

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From 22/11/2007 to 18/01/2008 3L3 Medium term work programme SEE RESPONSES
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The Level 3 Committees have identified a comprehensive list of cross-sector areas
for delivery in the period to the end of 2010

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From 22/10/2007 to 19/11/2007 Consultation on CESR's MiFID work programme for 2007/2008 SEE RESPONSES
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At the time of effective implementation of MiFID CESR publishes its work programme for future Level 3 work under MiFID (Q4 2007

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From 16/10/2007 to 17/12/2007 Consultation Paper on content and form of Key Investor Information disclosures for UCITS SEE RESPONSES
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This Consultation Paper follows two calls for evidence and a questionnaire on related subjects published earlier in 2007, as well as discussion at a Retail Investor Workshop. It is part of CESR's ongoing work in response to a request for assistance from the European Commission (Commission), and…

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From 20/07/2007 to 14/09/2007 Questionnaire on Assessment of CESR's activities between 2001 and 2007 SEE RESPONSES
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Following nearly six years since the creation of CESR (which took place in September 2001), CESR is undertaking a comprehensive review to assess its effectiveness over this period. To do this, CESR publishes today a questionnaire for interested stakeholders to provide CESR with feedback and…

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From 13/07/2007 to 14/09/2007 Call for evidence on possible CESR level 3 work on the Transparency Directive SEE RESPONSES
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CESR is inviting all interested parties to submit their views regarding the possible CESR Level 3 work it could undertake in relation to the TD and the Level 2 Directive. In particular, responses to the following questions would be especially welcomed:

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From 22/06/2007 to 10/09/2007 Questionnaire on the rating of structured finance instruments SEE RESPONSES
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As previously announced in its public statement (CESR 07-304), CESR is in the process of preparing its second annual report on the credit rating agencies' (CRAs) compliance with the IOSCO Code of Conduct.

To this effect, CESR is publishing today a questionnaire regarding the rating of…

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From 24/05/2007 to 24/08/2007 Consultation on Impact Assessment Guidelines for EU Level 3 Committees SEE RESPONSES
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The proposed IA methodology set out in the guidelines is consistent with the European Commission's own IA guidelines. This means that it involves identifying problems relating to institutional objectives, identifying possible solutions (including leaving it to the market to solve), analysing…

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From 10/05/2007 to 08/06/2007 Consultation on Non-equity transparency SEE RESPONSES
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CESR issued a call for evidence on 6 February 2007 asking for views on the Commission's questions. The response period closed on 6 March, and CESR has aimed to include the key points from the responses in this consultation paper (CP). The aim of this paper is to set out CESR's views on the…

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From 17/04/2007 to 08/05/2007 CESR's technical advice on a mechanism for determining the equivalence of the generally accepted accounting principles of third countries
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CESR publishes today a consultation paper entitled:

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From 13/04/2007 to 25/05/2007 Call for evidence on UCITS Distribution SEE RESPONSES
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One of the elements CESR will need to consider in developing key investor information is the diversity of ways in which UCITS funds can be

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From 13/04/2007 to 25/05/2007 Call for evidence on Key investor disclosures for UCITS SEE RESPONSES
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The UCITS Directive (85/611/EEC) requires the use of simplified prospectus (SP) for the purpose of informing clients before they invest in UCITS. The current content and format of the SP is considered not to have achieved its initial objectives, since documents are often overly long and…

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From 13/04/2007 to 25/05/2007 Questionnaire on simplified prospectus for retail investors SEE RESPONSES
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The Simplified Prospectus (SP) is a disclosure document designed for retail clients buying units in a UCITS, to provide them with the information they need to make informed decisions about whether to invest in a particular fund or product. The full Prospectus is considered too long and technical…

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From 13/04/2007 to 27/04/2007 Second consultation on Inducements under MiFID SEE RESPONSES
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In its consultation paper Inducements under MiFID published in December 2006 (CESR/06-687) CESR explained that it was considering issuing recommendations setting out a common supervisory approach to the operation of Article 26 of the MiFID Level 2 Directive , entitled "Inducements".
In…

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From 06/02/2007 to 06/03/2007 Call for evidence - non-equities markets transparency SEE RESPONSES
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CESR is inviting all interested parties to submit their views regarding transparency on bond markets. CESR would like to point out that, as indicated by the request, the purpose of CESR work is not to duplicate the work of the Commission. Therefore there is no need to re-submit those responses…

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