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From 05/11/2020 to 04/12/2020 Consultation Paper on Draft advice to EC under Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation Sustainable finance SEE RESPONSES
Summary

ESMA invites responses to the questions set out throughout this Consultation Paper and summarised in Annex II. Responses are most helpful if they:

-        respond to the question stated and indicate the specific question to which they relate;

-…

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From 23/10/2020 to 16/11/2020 Public Consultation on Article 15 and 49 EMIR CCP SEE RESPONSES
Summary

This Consultation Paper (CP) covers the technical standards on conditions which require an extension of authorisation for a CCP, conditions which require validations of CCP’s changes to models and parameters by the NCA and ESMA and the procedure for consulting the college on whether or not those…

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From 23/10/2020 to 16/11/2020 Public Consultation on Guidelines under Article 21 of EMIR CCP SEE RESPONSES
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Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 (‘EMIR’) sets out an obligation for the national competent authorities to review the arrangements, strategies, processes and mechanisms implemented by the central counterparties and to evaluate risks central counterparties are or might be exposed to…

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From 25/09/2020 to 06/11/2020 Consultation Paper on Fees for Benchmark Administrators under BMR Benchmarks SEE RESPONSES
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Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2175 amended Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 (BMR) providing ESMA with new direct supervisory powers under BMR. In particular, the amended BMR designates ESMA as the competent authority of both administrators of critical benchmarks, as referred…

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From 25/09/2020 to 25/11/2020 Consultation on MiFID II/ MiFIR review on the functioning of Organised Trading Facilities (OTF) Trading, Trading SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

1. respond to the question stated;

2. indicate the specific question to which the comment…

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From 24/09/2020 to 20/11/2020 Consultation Paper on MiFIR review report on the obligations to report transactions and reference data Benchmarks, Trading, Market data, Post Trading, Trading SEE RESPONSES
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This consultation paper will be of interest to all stakeholders involved in the securities markets. It is primarily of interest to competent authorities and firms that are subject to MiFID II and MiFIR – in particular, investment firms and credit institutions performing investment services and…

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From 01/09/2020 to 31/10/2020 Call for Evidence on the review of transparency requirements for equity and non-equity instruments Trading SEE RESPONSES
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a Call for Evidence (CfE) in the context of the review of transparency requirements for equity and non-equity instruments.The purpose of this exercise is to gather input and views on practical issues related to the application of RTS 1…

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From 09/07/2020 to 15/09/2020 Guidelines on calculation of positions in SFTs by Trade Repositories Securities Financing Transactions, Trade Repositories SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex II. Comments are most helpful if they:

respond to the question stated;

  • indicate the specific question to…
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From 03/06/2020 to 01/09/2020 Draft Guidelines on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers Digital Finance and Innovation SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Appendix 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

·       respond to the question stated;

·…

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From 06/05/2020 to 15/07/2020 CP on the functioning of the regime for SME Growth Markets under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and on the amendments to the Market Abuse Regulation for the promotion of the use of SME Growth Markets Market Abuse, Market Integrity, Trading SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) invites responses to the specific questions listed in the Consultation Paper on the functioning of the regime for SME Growth Markets under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and on…

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From 23/04/2020 to 01/09/2020 Joint ESA consultation on ESG disclosures Joint Committee, Sustainable finance SEE RESPONSES
Summary

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) welcome comments on this consultation paper setting out the proposed Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on content, methodologies and presentation of disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

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From 02/04/2020 to 15/06/2020 Consultation on Central Clearing Solutions for Pension Scheme Arrangements Joint Committee, Post Trading, Supervisory convergence SEE RESPONSES
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​Responding to this paper

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) invites responses to the questions set out in Annex II of the First Report with Consultation on Central Clearing Solutions for Pension Scheme Arrangements that ESMA drafted…

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From 31/03/2020 to 30/06/2020 Consultation on cross border distribution of funds Fund Management SEE RESPONSES
Summary

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

1.     respond to the question stated;

2.     indicate the specific question to which the…

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From 30/03/2020 to 03/08/2020 Availability and use of credit rating information and data Credit Rating Agencies SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Chapter 7. Chapter 7 contains three separate questionnaires addressed to three groups of stakeholders.

ESMA will consider all…

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From 27/03/2020 to 15/06/2020 Consultation on post trade risk reduction services with regards to the clearing obligation (EMIR Article 85(3a)) Post Trading, Supervisory convergence SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

ESMA invites responses to the questions set out throughout its Consultation Paper on the Report on post trade risk reduction services with regards to the clearing obligation…

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From 27/03/2020 to 01/09/2020 Consultation on Guidelines on art 25 of AIFMD Fund Management SEE RESPONSES
Summary

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex I. Comments are most helpful if they:

·       respond to the question stated;

·       indicate the specific…

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From 26/03/2020 to 03/07/2020 Technical standards on reporting, data quality, data access and registration of Trade Repositories under EMIR REFIT Post Trading, Supervisory convergence, Trade Repositories SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper 

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

respond to the question stated;

indicate the specific question to which…

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From 10/03/2020 to 14/06/2020 Consultation paper on MiFIR Review Report on Transparency for Non-equity TOD Trading SEE RESPONSES
Summary

Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

  1. respond to the question stated;
  2. indicate the specific question to which the…
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From 09/03/2020 to 08/06/2020 Draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the Benchmarks Regulation Benchmarks SEE RESPONSES
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Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

·         respond to the question stated;…

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From 04/02/2020 to 14/04/2020 Consultation on MiFID II/ MiFIR review report on the transparency regime for equity and equity-like instruments, the double volume cap mechanism and the trading obligations for shares Trading SEE RESPONSES
Summary

Responding to this paper

ESMA invites comments on all matters in this paper and in particular on the specific questions summarised in Annex 1. Comments are most helpful if they:

  1. respond to the question stated;
  2. indicate the specific question to which the comment…
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