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 the comment relates;
· contain a clear rationale; and
· describe any alternatives ESMA should consider.
ESMA will consider all comments received by 8 June 2020.
All contributions should be submitted online at www.esma.europa.eu under the heading ‘Your input - Consultations’.
Instructions
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1. Insert your responses to the questions in the Consultation Paper in the present response form.
2. Please do not remove tags of the type <ESMA_QUESTION_CP_BRTS_1>. Your response to each question has to be framed by the two tags corresponding to the question.
3. If you do not wish to respond to a given question, please do not delete it but simply leave the text “TYPE YOUR TEXT HERE” between the tags.
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