On 6 February 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Regulation 2026/305 of 29 October 2025 supplementing the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the operational conditions, the representativeness obligation and the reporting requirements related
On 4 February 2026, the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) published its Single Programming Document for 2026-2028. The document is AMLA’s first multi-year plan, setting out priorities and timelines as it moves to delivery.
Among other things in 2026 AMLA will finalise the risk analysis and selection methodology which defines how obliged
On 4 February 2026, the European Commission issued for consultation a draft Implementing Regulation supplementing the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) by establishing a list of spot foreign exchange benchmarks exempt from its application.
The spot foreign exchange rate benchmarks listed in the Annex to the draft Implementing Regulation are designated as spot foreign exchange
On January 28, 2026, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (‘BaFin’) has published its report “Risks in BaFin´s Focus 2026””. In BaFin´s view, the positive mood in the financial markets is marked by obscuring factors that can impact financial stability such as geopolitical turmoil and advancing digitalisation which is not only increasing the operational
On 30 January 2026, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/264 (the Amending Regulation), which contains amendments to regulatory technical standards (RTS) supplementing the Benchmarks Regulation ((EU) 2016/1011) (BMR) on third country administrator recognition applications, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (the OJ).
The Amending Regulation makes
On 28 January 20206, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a webpage with the official translations of its guidelines setting out the criteria to assess knowledge and competence under the Regulation on markets in cryptoassets ((EU) 2023/1114) (MiCA), the final report on which was published in July 2025.
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On 29 December 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a draft of its 2027-2029 Single Programming Document (SPD), which sets out the EBA’s planning of activities and corresponding resource requirements at a three-year horizon.
The EBA explains in the SPD that it will be focusing on three priorities in 2027-2029
On 29 January 2026, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation on draft amendments to its guidelines (EBA/GL/2020/13) on the appropriate subsets of sectoral exposures to which competent or designated authorities may apply a systemic risk buffer, with the aim of addressing systemic risks stemming from climate change.
The revised