There has been published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060 and (EU) 648/2012. The Regulation will come into force 20 days after its publication in OJ, that is 17 January 2018 and will apply from 1 January 2019.