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Change of beneficial ownership

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 9

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2025-01-06

Partial settlement functionality

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2023-03-13

Settlement fails

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-11-15

Cash penalties: costs and process

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-10-18

Cash penalties: scope

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-10-18

Cash penalties: calculation

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-10-18

Bilateral cancellation facility

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-08-03

Review and evaluation

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-05-12

Participants' settlement efficiency

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2021-12-16

Settlement instructions sent by CCPs

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2021-12-16

Provision of services in other Member States

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2021-03-31

Buy-in timeframes

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2020-07-08

Matching settlement instructions

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-12-03

Internalised settlement - scope

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-07-11

Internalised settlement - Reporting parameters

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-07-11

Organisational requirements: general

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-09-26

Book-entry form

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-09-26

Cash penalties: joint penalty mechanism

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-09-26

Prudential requirements - Operational risks

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-05-24

Requirements for CSD links

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-03-23

Authorisation and supervision of CSDs

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-03-23

Conduct of business rules

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-03-23

Ancillary services

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-02-06

Organisational requirements: Record keeping

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-12-14

Protection of securities of participants and those of their clients

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-17

Relevant Authorities

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-11

Provision of banking-type ancillary services

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-10-02

Access to CSDs

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-06-02

Additional national requirements

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-03-31

DLT and book-entry form definition

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 3

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-21

Integration of DLT settlement solution in CSD security settlement system

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 19(1) (c) and Article 16 (4)

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-21

CSDs settlement assets

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 40

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2026-09-21

Possible fraud

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. I am trying to find out if a person by the name of gabriel keller works for you think he may be fake

ESMA Question Rejected

Submitted 2026-08-25

Passing on of cash penalties throughout the settlement chain

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2025-06-10

Scope of issuers required to obtain and transmit to CSDs a valid LEI

Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) Regulation (EU) No 909/2014- PTR- CSDR · Art. Article 29(1a) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/2845 (CSDR Refit)

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2024-04-30

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