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EU Acts and National Competent Authorities

Member States have an obligation to designate competent authorities under most of EU directives and regulations and to notify them to the European Commission and, where these acts fall under ESMA’s remit, also to ESMA.

EU acts under ESMA’s remit are listed below. For each of them, a link to the designated competent authorities for the purposes of that EU act is also provided.

The information provided in the lists of competent authorities is based on the data provided by the Member States. In order to keep the lists up to date, Member States are requested to inform ESMA of any changes by sending an e-mail to: designatedNCA@esma.europa.eu

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EU Acts under ESMA's remit - Article 1(2) ESMA Regulation

EU Acts Description
MiFID II and MiFIR List of competent authorities
EMIR List of competent authorities
Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) List of competent authorities
Securitisation Regulation List of competent authorities
Short selling Regulation (SSR) List of competent authorities
Benchmarks Regulation List of competent authorities
CRD List of competent authorities
UCITS Directive List of competent authorities
AIFM Directive List of competent authorities
EuVECA Regulation List of competent authorities
EuSEF Regulation List of competent authorities
ELTIF Regulation List of competent authorities
Money Market Fund Regulation (MMF Regulation) List of competent authorities
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) List of competent authorities
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) List of competent authorities
Directive on criminal sanctions for market abuse (CS MAD) Member States do not have an obligation to designate a competent authority for the purposes of this Directive
CRA Regulation List of competent authorities
Investor-Compensation Schemes Directive (ICS Directive) List of competent authorities
Transparency Directive List of competent authorities
Securities Financing Transactions and of Reuse Regulation (SFTR Regulation) List of competent authorities
Prospectus Regulation List of competent authorities
Settlement Finality Directive List of competent authorities
Financial Collateral Arrangements Directive List of competent authorities
Financial Conglomerates Directive (FICOD) List of competent authorities
Anti-money laundering Directive (AML/CTF Directive) List of competent authorities
Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services Directive List of competent authorities
Directive on the admission of Securities to official stock exchange listing and on information to be published on those securities List of competent authorities
Crowdfunding Regulation List of competent authorities
Regulation facilitating cross-border distribution  List of competent authorities of UCITS and AIFM Directive
Prudential Supervision of Investment Firms (Regulation and Directive)  
CCP RRR List of competent authorities
DLT Pilot Regime (DLTR) List of competent authorities
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Other EU Acts - Article 1(3) ESMA Regulation

EU Acts Description
Shareholders Directive Member States do not have an obligation to designate a competent authority for the purposes of this Directive
Audit Directive and Regulation List of competent authorities
Takeover Bids Directive List of competent authorities
Accounting Directive Member States do not have an obligation to designate a competent authority for the purposes of this Directive
IAS Regulation Member States do not have an obligation to designate a competent authority for the purposes of this Directive
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Background

ESMA shall act within the powers conferred by its founding Regulation, namely Regulation (EU) 1095/2010 (thereafter ESMA Regulation) and within the scope of the EU acts referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, including any EU act based on those acts and any further legally binding EU act which confers tasks on ESMA.

In addition, under Article 1(3) ESMA Regulation, ESMA may also act with regard to areas or activities of market participants which are not directly covered by those EU acts, such as corporate governance, auditing and financial reporting when ESMA’s action is necessary to ensure the effective and consistent application of the EU acts referred to in Article 1(2) ESMA Regulation.

Finally, under Article 1(3) ESMA Regulation, ESMA is also tasked to take appropriate action in the context of take-over bids, clearing and settlement and derivative issues.

Member States have an obligation to designate a competent authority for the purposes of most of those acts and to notify their identity to the European Commission and ESMA.

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