On 29 September 2023, the FCA published Handbook Notice No 112. This Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board under its legislative and other statutory powers on 28 September 2023. On 28 September 2023, the FCA Board made changes to the FCA Handbook, as set … Continue Reading
On 25 September 2023, the Council of the European Union (Council) Working Group on Financial Services held a discussion on the European Commission (Commission) proposal on the establishment of a digital euro. Since 2021, the Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) have been preparing the establishment of the digital euro. Considerate of the fact … Continue Reading
On 20 September 2023, the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee held its first exchange of views on the European Commission’s (Commission) crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) legislative package. The legislative package contains amending proposals to the EU regime for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions. The legislative package consists of: … Continue Reading
On 19 June 2023 the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) launched a public consultation on a first batch of regulatory and implementing technical standards (RTS and ITS) under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA). This covers the draft RTS and ITS that the ESAs are expected to submit to the … Continue Reading
On 26 May 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a joint Discussion Paper on criteria for critical ICT third-party service providers and oversight fees. This Discussion Paper follows the request for technical advice that was sent by the European Commission (Commission) to the ESAs in late December 2022. The ESAs have published the Discussion … Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 28 March 2023, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) adopted its position on the proposed anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislative package that was published by the European Commission (Commission) in July 2021. In our earlier blog post, we provided a general overview of the measures adopted where we flagged … Continue Reading
On 14 March 2023, the European Commission (“the Commission”) published a package of legislative proposals that will reform European electricity markets and strengthen European wholesale energy markets’ protection against market manipulation. In addition to amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/943 (the Electricity Regulation) and Directive (EU) 2019/944 (the Electricity Directive) which set the framework for Europe’s … Continue Reading
On 1 March 2023, the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee adopted its negotiating position on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). The following aspects of the ECON Committee negotiating position have been contentious points through the negotiation and have been amended in comparison to the European Commission proposal: … Continue Reading
On 23 January 2023, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee adopted its draft reports on the European Commission’s (Commission) legislative package on the implementation of the final Basel III standards. The legislative package includes: Among other things, the ECON Committee adopted the following amendments: Next steps Following adoption of the report in … Continue Reading
On 16 February 2023, the European Commission (“the Commission”) hosted a meeting of the Expert Group on Banking, Payments and Insurance (EGBPI), where it discussed with Member States’ experts the potential way forward for the implementation in the European Union (EU) law of the December 2022 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) standards on prudential … Continue Reading
On 6 February 2023 the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) held a joint public hearing on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (“Digital Operational Resilience Act” or DORA). As per a follow up press release, the event – held online – gathered over 2,000 representatives from credit … Continue Reading
The European Commission (Commission) has published its list of upcoming legislative initiatives it is planning to adopt over the first half of 2023. Among others, the Commission is planning to adopt the following financial services and payments-related proposals:… Continue Reading
On 16 January 2023, the Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) entered into force. As DORA is new and complex EU legislation we have published a new briefing note, Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector (DORA): 10 things to know.… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 22 November 2022, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted a proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a market correction mechanism to protect citizens and the economy against excessively high prices. The proposal sets out the details for a temporary market correction mechanism to cap the price of front-month Title Transfer Facility (TTF) derivatives … Continue Reading
On 27 October 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the 2023 European Resolution Examination Programme (EREP) for resolution authorities. The EREP is an EBA programme aimed at fostering convergence of resolution practices in the EU, with the first EREP having been launched in November 2021. The EREP focusses the attention of resolution authorities on … Continue Reading
On 27 October 2022, the European Banking Authority(EBA) published the 2023 European Supervisory Examination Programme (ESEP) for Prudential Supervisors. The ESEP is part of an annual cycle and contributes to enhancing supervisory convergence in the EU by providing common directions and focus areas for supervisors, which helps them shape their prudential supervisory priorities and respective … Continue Reading
On 27 October 2022, there was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1299 of 24 March 2022 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the content of position management controls by trading venues.… Continue Reading
On 31 March 2022, the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee and the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) adopted a draft report on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets. Revision of the Regulation on Transfers of Funds The proposed Regulation will amend Regulation … Continue Reading
On 20 October 2021, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1833 of 14 July 2021 supplementing MiFID II by specifying the criteria for establishing when an activity is to be considered to be ancillary to the main business at group level. The Delegated Regulation enters into … Continue Reading
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its peer review on the prudential assessment of qualifying holdings today. The EBA’s ad hoc Peer Review Committee’s conclusions included in this Report are based on competent authorities’ self-assessment of how they applied selected areas of the Joint ESAs Guidelines on the prudential assessment of the acquisition of qualifying … Continue Reading
On 23 July 2021, the European Commission published a consultation looking into the functioning of the EU securitisation framework. The intention to consult was stated in the Commission’s action plan on the Capital Markets Union published in September 2020. This in turn stems from Article 46 of the EU Securitisation Regulation, which requires the Commission … Continue Reading
On 23 July 2021, the European Commission published a letter (dated 8 July 2021) to the European Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) and the Council of the EU, confirming that the RTS application date, under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088) (SFDR), has been delayed until 1 July 2022. This letter is the … Continue Reading
On 16 June 2021, the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) held a meeting in which it discussed the main legislative proposals under the European Commission (Commission) Digital Finance Strategy. During the discussion, ECON members considered the draft reports on the following legislative proposals: Proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets … Continue Reading
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched a consultation on the Interbank Offered Rates (IBOR) transitions. Across markets, IBOR is being replaced by risk-free rates. The consultation considers adjustments to EIOPA’s risk-free rate (RFR) methodology and production, in light of If the EU Benchmark Regulation (which came into force in 2018) which … Continue Reading
