Article 20b

1. By 16 April 2026, ESMA shall submit to the Commission a report regarding the development of the integrated collection of supervisory data, which shall focus on how to:

(a) reduce areas of duplication and inconsistencies between the reporting frameworks in the asset-management sector and other sectors of the financial industry; and

(b) improve data standardisation and efficient sharing and use of data already reported within any Union reporting framework by any relevant competent authority, at Union or national level.

In that report, ESMA shall also make a comparison of best practices for data collection in the Union and in other markets for retail investment funds.

2. When preparing the report referred to in paragraph 1, ESMA shall work in close cooperation with the European Central Bank, the other ESAs, and the competent authorities.