EU Financial Regulatory Q&A Database

Official Q&As published by EBA, ESMA, EIOPA and the ESA Joint Committee. Non-binding but treated as authoritative guidance by national competent authorities across the EU.

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7,005 Q&As · page 139 of 141

Issued share capital and saving shares

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Instruments giving claims to shares not yet issued (Subscription rights, convertible bonds)

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Equivalence decision for third countries

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Put on hold confirmation in the context of intra-day short sales

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Main national indices for the purpose of Article 6(4) of the ITS

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Net short positions - Reporting by groups

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Covering a short sale and rolling of a repo

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Telephone call registrations as adequate durable medium for retaining evidence

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Net short positions - Reporting by a legal entity within a group when the group no longer cross a threshold

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2013-01-29

Calculation of the duration-adjusted net short position

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Change in the duration of the position held and notification requirements

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Net short positions arising from non-management activities and calculation at group level

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Calculation of the amount of outstanding debt on a duration adjusted basis

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Calculation and reporting by single legal entities performing both management and non-management activities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Simultaneous crossing of threhsolds at group and legal entities levels

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Duration formula to use in the calculation of net short positions

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Interest rate swaps

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Rounding net short positions expressed in percentages

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Reporting by funds managed by the same management entity

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Change in a net short position already notified

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Correlation test between two sovereign issuers

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Calculation and reporting for a group constituted only of legal entities performing exclusively management activities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Meaning of investment strategies

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Delegation to calculate the net short position by single legal entities performing both management and non-management activities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Net short positions - Reporting by a legal entity within a group

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-10-10

Notifications of net short positions existing prior to the application of the Regulation

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Late submissions of notifications, cancellations or modifications of net short positions

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Covering a short sale with an agreement entered into by another legal entity of the same group

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Late publication of a timely submission of a disclosable net short position

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Publication of late submission of disclosable net short positions

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Sovereign debt securities in foreign currency

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Covering of a short sale on sovereign debt with a repo contract

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Sovereign debt - Market operators considered as third parties with whom arrangements can be made

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Date and time of first notification and/or publication

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Trading days to use for the notifications or disclosures

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Uncovered CDS restriction and protection seller

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Umbrella structures and master feeder structures

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Uncovered Credit Default Swap - Using a sovereign CDS position to hedge the risk related to another CDS position

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Submission of the notifications to competent authorities

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Management of first time notifications

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Shares in funds

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Enforcement - Sanctioning of violations

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Share dividend distribution and lending agreements

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Shares received under a bonus share issue or a share dividend distribution

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Application outside the EU and to non-EU persons

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

EU Sovereign CDS trades booked outside the EU

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Third country branches

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Shares of companies in scope

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Financial instruments covered

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Shares - Restriction on uncovered short sales in shares and instruments giving claims to as yet unissued shares (subscription rights, convertible bonds)

Short Selling Regulation (SSR) Regulation (EU) No 236/2012

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2012-09-13

Source: EBA Single Rulebook Q&A, ESMA Q&A, EIOPA Q&A, ESA Joint Q&As. Updated weekly. Q&As are non-binding guidance.

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