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Capital markets union: EU Council adopts updated rules

Regulation will be signed in the week of 20 May will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal.

Capital markets union: EU Council adopts updated rules

15 Mai 2019, 13:33

European Union will soon have in place simplified rules for non-financial counterparties, small financial counterparties and pension funds using financial derivative products. Council of the EU adopted, on 14 May, a regulation improving the existing regulatory framework applying to the over-the-counter (OTC) derivative market.

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), adopted in 2012, forms part of the European regulatory response to the financial crisis, and specifically addresses the problems encountered in the functioning of the OTC derivatives market during the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

Regulation adopted on 14 May amends and simplifies EMIR to address disproportionate compliance costs, transparency issues and insufficient access to clearing for certain counterparties.

In particular, it introduces a new category of "small financial counterparties" which will be exempted from the obligation to clear their transactions through a central counterparty (CCP), while remaining subject to risk mitigation obligations. Smaller non-financial counterparties will also have reduced clearing obligations. In addition, the text extends by another two years (further extendable twice by an additional year) the temporary exemption from the clearing obligation of pension scheme arrangements.

Updated rules also streamline the existing reporting obligations in order to improve the quality of the data reported, make the supervision more effective and increase access to clearing by removing existing unnecessary obstacles.

Next steps:

Regulation will be signed in the week of 20 May will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal.

Source:Romania2019.eu, Press Center of the Council of the European Union

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