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 18 of 141

Access to quotes

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Trading venue and exemption

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Access rights to venues trading for CCP with links with tradibg venue which opted out the access provisions for ETDs

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Substantial and non-substantial amendments to MiFID I waivers

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Compliance with the quoting obligations for SIs in non-equity instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Waiver procedure for illiquid non-equity financial instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 192

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-14

Q&A on lot sizes and position limits

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-10-11

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 142

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 165

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. Consultation Paper on EIOPA’s second set of advice to the European Commission on specific items in the Solvency II Delegated Regulation

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Card data (PAN) to be returned in AISP calls

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 67

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-10-11

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-11

Identify when EMD2 needs to be applied to vouchers/gift cards issued by an electronic money institution.

Directive 2009/110/EC (EMD) · Art. 2 and 3

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-10-11

Payment account

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 18

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-10-11

The definition of payment services and in particular the definition of execution of payment transaction in relation to netting centers

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 4

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-10-11

Exclusion of cash withdrawal services from PSD2

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 3

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-10-11

Unterstützungsfaktor für Infrastrukturprojekte - Supporting factor for infrastructure projects

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 501a

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-10-11

ESMA’s guidelines on performance fees in UCITS and certain types of AIFs

Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Directive 2011/61/EU

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-03

Crystallisation of performance fees in case of the creation of a new UCITS/compartment/share class in the course of the financial year

Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-10-03

Status of entities providing crypto-asset services as part of the grandfathering regime

MiCA

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-10-02

3161 - SFDR099

(EU) 2019/2088 - SFDR · Art. 8

EIOPA

Answered 2024-10-01

Breakdown of currencies to be reported

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 448

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-27

Revocation of ASPSP's Exemption from the Contingency Mechanism due to Prolonged Service Disruption

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. n.a.

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-27

Treatment of two-leg derivatives with respect to rate type and currency

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 488

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-27

Criteria for selecting the operations to be included in the calculation of fraud rates for the transaction risk analysis (TRA) exemption

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-27

Secure corporate payment processes and protocols and inactivity time period

Directive 2015/2366/EU (PSD2) · Art. 97

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-27

Key information document (KID), Reporting (Art. 40 PEPP)

(EU) 2019/1238 - Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) · Art. Article 28(3)(f) of PEPP Regulation; Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/473

EIOPA

Answered 2024-09-20

Other

(EU) 2016/2341 - IORP II Directive

EIOPA

Answered 2024-09-20

Disclosures in case of lack of label in EPCs

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 449a

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-20

Alignment of total funding between FINREP F01.02 and COREP C67.00

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 415

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-20

Reporting Templates

(EU) 2023/894 - ITS with regard to the templates for the submission of information necessary for supervision · Art. Annex II

EIOPA

Answered 2024-09-19

Calculation of Net Short Positions in case of issuers with non-listed shares

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-17

Maturity weighting of gross JTD amounts to calculate net JTD amounts

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 325x

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-09-13

Tied agents under MiCA

MiCA

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-12

CASPs providing services based on an Article 60 notification

MiCA · Art. Article 60

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-12

Scope of the word "shares" in certain exemptions from the obligation to publish a prospectus in Articles 1(4), 1(5) and 1(6) of the Prospectus Regulation.

Prospectus Regulation 2017/1129 · Art. Articles 1(4), 1(5) and 1(6) of the Prospectus Regulation

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-12

MAR Q&A on the application of the trading volume limit in the context of buy-back programmes

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 - Market Intergrity

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-12

Voting arrangements in resolution colleges

Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR)

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-11

Resolution college membership

Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR)

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-11

Voting arrangements in resolution colleges

Regulation 2021/23 - recovery and resolution of central counterparties (CCPRRR)

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2024-09-11

Annex XI, INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING ON LEVERAGE, C43 template {0040;0020} & {0050;0020}

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. 451

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-08-30

What amount to be reported for repos and reverse repos in NSFR?

Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) · Art. Draft ITS on supervisory reporting requirements for institutions under Regulation EU No 575/2013 Annex XIII

EBA Final Q&A

Answered 2024-08-30

Other

(EU) No 2016/97 - Insurance Distribution Directive

EIOPA

Answered 2024-08-29

Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

(EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII) · Art. 120-125

EIOPA

Answered 2024-08-29

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