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
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
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
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
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:
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
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
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:
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.
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