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Annually conducted audit under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/957

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-05-08

Application of a new exception to PDMRs’ general prohibition to trade during the close period

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 - Market Intergrity · Art. Article 19 (12a) of MAR as introduced by the Listing Act

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-02-18

Scope of the exception in Article 19(12a) of MAR to PDMRs’ general prohibition to trade during the closed period

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 - Market Intergrity · Art. Article 19 of MAR as amended and integrated by the Listing Act

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2025-08-01

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

Financial instruments in scope of the market sounding regime

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2023-06-15

Persons professionally arranging or executing transactions

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-11-15

Financial guidance and disclosure of inside information

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-09-20

Market analysts’ expectations and the identification of inside information

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-09-20

Scope of the new Article 11(1a) of MAR

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-06-23

Distribution of subscription ratings and disclosure of inside information

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2021-08-06

Disclosure to the public of credit ratings and inside information

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2021-08-06

Credit ratings, rating outlooks and information relating thereto, pursuant to article 10(2a) of Regulation No 1060/2009

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2021-08-06

Potential cases of inside information in relation to collective investment undertakings voluntarily admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-03-29

Emission allowances market participants (EAMPs) - Meaning of ‘parent’ and ‘related undertaking’ in Article 17(2) of MAR

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-03-29

Emission allowances market participants (EAMPs) - Disclosure of inside information concerning emission allowances, referring to installations of other undertakings of the group of the EAMP

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-03-29

Emission allowances market participants (EAMPs) - Disclosure of inside information concerning emission allowances, referring to installations of other undertakings of the group of the EAMP

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-03-29

Disclosure of inside information by collective investment undertakings without legal personality voluntarily admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-03-20

Application of the prohibition contained in Article 19(11) MAR to issuers

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-11-12

Delayed disclosure of inside information under Article 17(5) of MAR: assessment of the relevant conditions

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-10-01

Delayed disclosure of inside information under Article 17(5) of MAR: NCA’s denial of consent

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-10-01

Delayed disclosure of inside information under Article 17(5) of MAR: notification of the expected duration

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-10-01

Disclosure of inside information related to Pillar II requirements

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-03-23

Emission allowances market participants (EAMPs) - Time span for the calculation of the CO2 equivalent emissions and the rated thermal input

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-12-14

Types of transactions by PDMRs prohibited during closed periods

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-21

Trading during closed periods and prohibition of insider dealing

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-21

Delayed inside information that lost the feature of the price sensitivity

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-09-29

Issuer’s responsibility in case of delegation

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-09-01

Subject of the insider list requirements

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-09-01

Closely associated persons under Article 3(1)(26)(d) of MAR

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-07-06

Blanket cancellation of orders policy

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-05-30

Recommendations on a derivative referencing an index

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-01-27

Recommendations relating to several financial instruments independently

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-01-27

Recommendations on multiple issuers

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-01-27

Price of options granted for free

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-01-20

Threshold calculation

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Identification of derivatives in investment recommendations

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Recommendation on derivatives traded solely outside a trading venue

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Communications on previously disseminated investment recommendations

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Communications containing purely factual information

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Notification of shares received as part of remuneration package

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Price of gifts, donation and inheritance

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-12-20

Exchange rate

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-10-26

Communications made orally or via electronic means

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-10-26

Communications not referring to one or several issuers

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-10-26

Information implicitly recommending or suggesting an investment strategy

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-10-26

Main business is not to produce investment recommendations

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-10-26

Timing of the closed period

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

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2016-07-13

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