Regulatory framework

Entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps with regard to regulatory technical standards for the method of calculation of the fall in value for liquid shares and other financial instruments (Text with EEA relevance)

Non-launched compartments, compartments awaiting reactivation and compartments in liquidation

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps with regard to definitions, the calculation of net short positions, covered sovereign credit default swaps, notification thresholds, liquidity thresholds for suspending restrictions, significant falls in the value of financial instruments and adverse events (Text with EEA relevance)

on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (Text with EEA relevance)

approving the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, signed in Brussels on 2 February 2012

approving the European Council Decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro

relating to
(1) the State’s participation in the European Stability Mechanism;
(2) certain immunities of the European Stability Mechanism and the European Investment Bank and
(3) amending the Law of 9 July 2010 relating to the grant of the State guarantee under the European instrument for the stabilisation of the euro area, as amended

Lending in foreign currencies

US dollar denominated funding of credit institutions

laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the means for public disclosure of net position in shares, the format of the information to be provided to the European Securities and Markets Authority in relation to net short positions, the types of agreements, arrangements and measures to adequately ensure that shares or sovereign debt instruments are available for settlement and the dates and period for the determination of the principal venue for a share according to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps Text with EEA relevance

supplementing Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on notification and disclosure requirements with regard to net short positions, the details of the information to be provided to the European Securities and Markets Authority in relation to net short positions and the method for calculating turnover to determine exempted shares (Text with EEA relevance)

amending Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 as regards information on the consent to use of the prospectus, information on underlying indexes and the requirement for a report prepared by independent accountants or auditors (Text with EEA relevance)