Regulatory framework

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 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012

amending Directive 2014/59/EU as regards the ranking of unsecured debt instruments in insolvency hierarchy

on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to designated contract markets and swap execution facilities in the United States of America in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

EBA/GL/2017/13

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on financial derivative instruments solely serving hedging purposes, sufficient length of the life of the European long-term investment funds, assessment criteria for the market for potential buyers and valuation of the assets to be divested, and the types and characteristics of the facilities available to retail investors (Text with EEA relevance)

ESMA Guidelines on transaction reporting and order record keeping under Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments (“MiFIR”) and clock synchronisation pursuant to Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (“MiFID II”) and details on transaction reporting on financial instruments under MiFIR

supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for strong customer authentication and common and secure open standards of communication

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards on the trading obligation for certain derivatives

supplementing Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria relating to the methodology for assessing the value of assets and liabilities of institutions or entities (Text with EEA relevance)

supplementing Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria relating to the methodologies for valuation of difference in treatment in resolution (Text with EEA relevance)

concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela

Specifications regarding CSSF Regulation N° 16-07 of 26 October 2016 relating to out-of-court complaint resolution

ESMA Guidelines for the assessment of knowledge and competence in the framework of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (“MiFID II”) – criteria regarding external training on knowledge and competence

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the establishment of the conditions to assess the impact resulting from the cessation of or change to existing benchmarks (Text with EEA relevance)

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council specifying how the nominal amount of financial instruments other than derivatives, the notional amount of derivatives and the net asset value of investment funds are to be assessed (Text with EEA relevance)

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council specifying technical elements of the definitions laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Regulation (Text with EEA relevance)

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specifying how the criteria of Article 20(1)(c)(iii) are to be applied for assessing whether certain events would result in significant and adverse impacts on market integrity, financial stability, consumers, the real economy or the financing of households and businesses in one or more Member States (Text with EEA relevance)

concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali

ESMA70-154-271

Adoption of the Joint Guidelines of ESMA, EBA and EIOPA on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases of qualifying holdings in the financial sector (JC/GL/2016/01 of 20 December 2016) and repeal of Circular CSSF 09/392