Glossary
On ESMA's website we use a number of abbreviations and acronyms. The full term is normally used at the beginning of the article, but we have gathered a list of the most commonly used acronyms here for your ease of reference.
Acronyms
| APAs | Approved Publication Arrangements |
| ARMs | Approved Reporting Mechanisms |
| CA | Contract Agent |
| CCP | Central Counterparty |
| CEAOB | Committee of the European Audit Oversight Bodies |
| CMU | Capital Markets Union |
| COSO | Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission |
| CRA | Credit Rating Agency |
| CSD | Central Securities Depository |
| DG | Directorate General |
| DQAP | Data Quality Action Plan |
| DRSP | Data Reporting Service Providers |
| DVC | Double Volume Cap |
| EBA | European Banking Authority |
| ECAI | External Credit Assessment Institution |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| ECON | Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EFRAG | European Financial Reporting Advisory Group |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EIOPA | European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority |
| ELTIF | European Long-term Investment Funds |
| EPSO | European Personnel Selection Office |
| ESA | European Supervisory Authority |
| ESFS | European System of Financial Supervision |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ESMA | European Securities and Markets Authority |
| ESRB | European Systemic Risk Board |
| EU | European Union |
| EURIBOR | Euro Interbank Offered Rate |
| EuSEF | European Social Entrepreneurship Funds |
| EuVECA | European Venture Capital Funds |
| FIRDS | Financial Instruments Reference Data System |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IIO | Independent Investigation Officer |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| ISA | International Standards on Auditing |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITS | Implementing Technical Standards |
| JC | Joint Committee |
| LEI | Legal Entity Identifier |
| MB | Management Board |
| MiCA | Markets in Crypto Assets |
| MMF | Money Market Funds |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NCA | National Competent Authority |
| OLAF | European Anti-Fraud Office |
| OTC | Over-The-Counter |
| OTFs | Organised Trading Facilities |
| Q&A | Questions and Answers |
| PRIIPs | Regulations on Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products |
| RTS | Regulatory Technical Standard |
| SMSG | Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group |
| SNE | Seconded National Expert |
| SR | Securitisation Regulation |
| STS | Simple, Transparent and Standardised |
| TA | Temporary Agent |
| TC-CCP | Third-Country (non-European) Central Counterparty |
| TR | Trade Repository |
| TRACE | ESMA’s Trade Repository Data Reporting tool |
| TRVs | Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities |
| TS | Technical Standard |
| UCITS | Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferrable Securities |
| WG | Working Group |
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Abbreviations of the legislations
| AIFMD | Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directives |
| BMR | Benchmarks Regulation |
| CRAR | Credit Rating Agencies Regulation |
| CSDR | Central Securities Depositories Regulation |
| CSRD | Corporate sustainability Reporting Directive |
| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act |
| ECSPR | European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation |
| EMIR | European market infrastructure regulation |
| ESAP | European Single Access Point |
| ESEF | European Single Electronic Format |
| MAR | Market Abuse Regulation |
| MiCA | Markets in Crypto Assets |
| MiFID | Markets in Financial Instruments Directive |
| MiFIR | Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation |
| MMFR | Money Market Funds Regulation |
| SFDR | Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation |
| SFTR | Securities Financing Transactions Regulation |
| SSR | Short Selling Regulation |
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