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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

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

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

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

Information to be included into insider list of the issuer on persons that are subject to independent obligation to manage insider list (e.g. advisors and consultants)

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 - Market Intergrity · Art. Article 18(1) of MAR

ESMA Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other

Submitted 2023-04-19

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