United Kingdom (and EU regulation)

ESMA – non-renewal and termination of short selling bans by Austrian FMA, Belgian FSMA, French AMF, Greek HCMC, Italian CONSOB and Spanish CNMV

On 18 May 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), noted the non-renewal of the emergency restrictions on short selling and similar transactions by the following national competent authorities:

Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) of Austria;
Financial Securities and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium;
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of France;
Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) of Greece; and
Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) of Spain.

ESMA also notes the early termination of the emergency restrictions by the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) of Italy, that was due to expire on 18 June 2020.