On 25 April 2022, the European Commission published the text of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) of 11 April 2022 supplementing the Investment Firm Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) for own funds requirement for investment firms based on fixed overheads.
The draft RTS:
- Specify the deductions to be applied for the calculation from the figures resulting from the applicable accounting standards that are the basis for the calculation of the fixed overheads.
- Clarify the additional items to be deducted from the total expenses by commodity and emission allowance dealers on account of the particularity of the activities conducted by those undertakings.
- Specify the notion of material change in the activity of an investment firm.
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament will now scrutinise the Delegated Regulation. If neither object, it will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
