Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1998/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC, and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority - Presidency compromise

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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1998/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC, and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority - Presidency compromise

Delegations will find attached a Presidency compromise on the above Commission proposal, following the meeting of 27/28 January 2010.

With respect to the Commission's proposal, additions/replacements are underlined and deletions indicated as "(...)". Additions to the last compromise are highlighted in bold.

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Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL Amending Directives 1998/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC, and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles

50, 53 (1), 62 and 114 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission¹,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee²,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank³,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning

of the European Union⁴,

Whereas:

(1) The financial crisis in 2007/2008 exposed important shortcomings in financial supervision, both in particular cases and in relation to the financial system as a whole. National supervisory models have lagged behind the integrated and interconnected reality of European financial markets, in which many financial firms operate across borders and offer financial services to businesses and consumers. The crisis exposed shortcomings in the area of cooperation, coordination, consistent application of Community law and trust between national supervisors.

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(2) A report published on 25 February 2009 by a high-level group of experts chaired by J. de Larosière, requested by the Commission, concluded that the supervisory framework needs to be strengthened to reduce the risk and severity of future financial crises. Accordingly, it recommended far-reaching reforms to the supervisory structure of the financial sector within the Community. That group of experts also concluded that a European System of Financial Supervisors should be created, comprising three European Supervisory Authorities, one for the banking sector, one for the securities sector and one for the insurance and occupational pensions sector, and the creation of a European Systemic Risk Board.

(3) The Commission in its Communication of 4 March 2009 entitled "Driving European Recovery"⁵ proposed to bring forward draft legislation creating a European System of Financial Supervisors, and in its Communication of 27 May 2009 entitled "European Financial Supervision"⁶ provided more detail about the possible architecture of such a new supervisory framework.

(4) The European Council, in its conclusions of 19 June 2009, recommended that a European System of Financial Supervisors, comprising three new European Supervisory Authorities, be established. The system should be aimed at upgrading the quality and consistency of national supervision, strengthening oversight of cross border groups and establishing a European single rule book applicable to all financial institutions in the Internal Market. It emphasised that the European Supervisory Authorities should also have supervisory powers for credit rating agencies and invited the Commission to prepare concrete proposals on how the European System of Financial Supervisors could play a strong role in crisis situations.

COM (2009) 114 final. COM (2009) 252 final.

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(5) On 23 September 2009, the Commission adopted proposals for three Regulations establishing the European System of Financial Supervisors including the creation of the three European Supervisory Authorities.

(6) In order for the European System of Financial Supervisors to work effectively, changes to Community legislation in the field of operation of the three Authorities are necessary. These changes concern the definition of the scope of certain powers of the European Supervisory Authorities, the integration of certain powers in existing processes established in relevant Community legislation and amendments to ensure a smooth and effective functioning in the context of the European System of Financial Supervisors.

(7) The establishment of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) should be accompanied by the development of a single set of harmonised rules so as to ensure uniform application and thus contribute to a more effective functioning of the Internal Market. The Regulations establishing the ESFS provide that the European Supervisory Authorities may develop draft technical standards in the areas specifically set out in the relevant legislation, to be submitted to the Commission for adoption by means of Regulations or Decisions. The relevant legislation should define those areas where the European Supervisory Authorities are empowered to develop draft technical standards.

(8) The identification of areas for technical standards should strike an appropriate balance between building a single set of harmonised rules, without unduly complicating regulation. Only those areas should be selected where consistent technical rules will contribute significantly to financial stability, depositor, policy holder and investor protection, market efficiency and integrity, and eliminate distortions of competition and risks of regulatory arbitrage.

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(9) Matters subject to technical standards should be genuinely technical, where their development requires the expertise of supervisory experts. The technical standards should further develop, specify and determine the conditions of application of the rules included in basic instruments adopted by the European Parliament and the Council and, where applicable, in Commission delegated acts and implementing measures. The delegated acts may supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of the legislative acts. Technical standards must therefore not involve policy choices. In cases where the technical standards are designed to further develop, specify and determine the conditions of application of a level-2 measure, they should only be adopted once this level-2 measure has been adopted and should respect the content of the level-2 measure. (…)

(9a) Binding technical standards should contribute to a single rulebook for financial

services legislation as endorsed by the European Council in its conclusions of June 2009. To the extent that certain requirements in Council and Parliament Directives are not fully harmonised at the current stage, technical standards determining the conditions of application for these requirements or specifying these requirements should not prevent Member States' competent authorities from requiring additional information or imposing more stringent requirements than those contained in the Council and Parliament Directives. Technical standards should therefore allow such requirements in specific areas, when these Directives provide for such discretion.

(10) As set out in the Regulations establishing the ESFS, before submitting the technical standards to the Commission, the European Supervisory Authorities should, where appropriate, conduct open public consultations on them and analyse the potential related costs and benefits.

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(11) The Regulations establishing the ESFS provide for a mechanism to settle disagreements between competent national authorities. Where a competent authority disagrees on the procedure or content of an action or inaction by another competent authority in areas specified in Community legislation referred to in article 1.2 of the ESA Regulations where the relevant legislation requires cooperation, coordination or joint decision making by competent national authorities from more than one Member State, the European Supervisory Authorities, at the request of one of the competent authorities concerned, may assist the authorities in reaching an agreement within the time limit set by the European Supervisory Authority which takes into account any relevant time limits in the relevant legislation, and the urgency and complexity of the disagreement. In the event that such disagreement persists, the European Supervisory Authorities may settle the matter.

(12) Article 11.1 of the Regulations establishing the EBA, ESMA and EIOPA requires that the cases where the mechanism to settle disagreements between competent national authorities may be applied be specified in the sectoral legislation. This Directive identifies a set of such cases and in no way prejudges the inclusion of others in the future. Moreover, in those areas where some form of non-binding mediation is already established in the relevant legislation, or where there are time limits for joint decisions to be taken by one or more competent national authorities, amendments are needed to ensure clarity and minimum disruption to the process for reaching a joint decision, but also that where necessary, the European Supervisory Authorities are able to resolve disagreements.

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(12a) This Directive therefore identifies situations where a procedural or a substantive issue of compliance with EU law may need resolving and the supervisors may not be able to resolve the matter on their own. In such a situation, one of the supervisors involved may raise the issue to the competent ESA. The ESA may act in accordance with the procedure set out in the Regulation. It may require the competent authorities concerned to take specific action or to refrain from action in order to settle the matter and to ensure compliance with European Union law, with binding effects for the competent authorities concerned. In cases where the relevant EU legislation confers discretion on Member States, decisions taken by the European Supervisory Authorities cannot replace the lawful exercise of judgement by national supervisors in compliance with European Union law.

(12b) In these procedures, if the ESA does not take a decision in order to settle the matter within the specified deadline, the competent authority who has deferred its decision shall take its decision.

(13) Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions⁷ provides for mediation or joint decisions as regards the determination of significant branches for the purposes of supervisory college membership, model validation and group risk assessment. In these areas, an amendment should clearly state that in the event of disagreement during the specified time period, the European Banking Authority may resolve the disagreement using the process outlined in Regulation …/… [EBA]. This approach makes it clear that disagreements can be resolved and cooperation strengthened before a final decision is made or issued to an institution.

OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 1.

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(14) In order to ensure that the new European Supervisory Authorities continue to undertake the current tasks of the level 3 Committees smoothly, references to the Committee of European Banking Supervisors, the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors or the Committee of European Securities Regulators should be replaced in all the relevant legislation with references to the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority or the European Securities and Markets Authority respectively.

(15) The new supervisory architecture established by the ESFS will require national supervisory authorities to cooperate closely with the European Supervisory Authorities. Amendments to the relevant legislation should ensure there are no legal obstacles to the information sharing obligations included in the Regulations proposed by the Commission establishing the European Supervisory Authorities.

(16) The Regulations establishing the ESFS proposed by the Commission provide that the

European Supervisory Authorities may develop contacts with supervisory authorities from third countries and shall assist in preparing equivalence decisions pertaining to supervisory regimes in third countries. Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments⁸ and Directive 2006/48/EC should be amended to allow the European Supervisory Authorities to establish cooperation agreements with third countries and exchange information where those third countries can provide guarantees of professional secrecy.

OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

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(17) Having a single consolidated list or register for each category of financial actors in the Community, which is currently the duty of each national competent authority, will improve transparency and better reflects the single financial market. The European Supervisory Authorities should be given the duty to establish, publish and regularly update registers and lists of financial actors within the Community. This concerns the list of authorisations of credit institutions granted by national supervisors. It also concerns the register of all investment firms and the list of regulated markets under Directive 2004/39/EC. Similarly, the European Securities and Markets Authority should be given the duty to establish, publish and regularly update the list of approved prospectuses and the certificates of approval under Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC⁹.

(18) In those areas where the Authorities are under an obligation to develop draft technical standards, those draft technical standards should be submitted to the Commission within three years of the creation of the Authorities.

(18a) The tasks of the European Securities Market Authority in relation to Directive

98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems should be without prejudice to the competence of the European System of Central Banks to promote the smooth operation of payment systems, in line with the fourth indent of Article 127(2) of the TFEU.

OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 64.

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(18b) According to Article 13(5) of Directive 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published

when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading, the competent authority of the home Member State may transfer the approval of a prospectus to the competent authority of another Member State, subject to the agreement of that authority. Article 13(3) of Regulation .../... [ESMA] requires that, in general, such delegation agreements be notified to the Authority at least one month before they are put into effect. However, given the experience in delegations under Directive 2003/71/EC, which includes shorter deadlines, it is appropriate not to apply Article 13(3) of the Regulation to this situation.

(18c) The European Supervisory Authorities should not at this stage develop draft technical standards on the existing requirements that the persons who effectively direct the business of investment firms, credit institutions, UCITS and their management companies be of sufficiently good repute and sufficiently experienced as to ensure their sound and prudent management. However, given the importance of these requirements, the Authorities should give priority to identify the best practices in non-binding guidelines and to ensure the convergence of supervisory and prudential practices towards these best practices.

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(19) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely improving the functioning of the Internal

Market by means of ensuring a high, effective and consistent level of prudential regulation and supervision, protecting depositors, investors and beneficiaries and thereby businesses and consumers, protecting the integrity, efficiency and orderly functioning of financial markets, maintaining the stability of the financial system, and strengthening international supervisory coordination, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can, therefore, by reason of scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

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(20) Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on

settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems,¹⁰ Directive 2002/87/EC of

the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the supplementary

supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial

conglomerate and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC,

92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC and 93/22/EEC, Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council¹¹, , Directive 2003/6/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on insider dealing and market

manipulation (market abuse)¹², Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 3 June 2003 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational

retirement provision,¹³ Directive 2003/71/EC, Directive 2004/39/EC, Directive

2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the

harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose

securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC¹⁴,

12 13 14

OJ L 166, 11.6.1998, p. 45. OJ L 35, 11.2.2003, p. 1. OJ L 96, 12.4.2003, p. 16. OJ L 235, 23.9.2003, p. 10. OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 38.

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Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing,¹⁵ Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions¹⁶, Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions,¹⁷ and Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS)¹⁸ should therefore be amended accordingly,

OJ L 309, 25.11.2005, p. 15. OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 1. OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 201. OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32.

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1 Amendments to Directive 1998/26/EC

Directive 1998/26/EC is amended as follows:

(1) Article 6(3) is replaced by the following:

"3. The Member State referred to in paragraph 2 shall immediately notify other Member States (…) and the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council¹⁹ and shall communicate that decision to the latter(…).”

(2) In Article 10(1) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Member States shall specify the systems, and the respective system operators, which are to be included in the scope of this Directive and shall notify them to the European Securities and Markets Authority and inform it of the authorities chosen in accordance with Article 6(2). The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish that information on its website."

OJ L

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Article 2 Amendments to Directive 2002/87/EC

Directive 2002/87/EC is amended as follows:

(1) Article 4 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

"The coordinator appointed in accordance with Article 10 shall inform the parent undertaking at the head of a group or, in the absence of a parent undertaking, the regulated entity with the largest balance sheet total in the most important financial sector in a group, that the group has been identified as a financial conglomerate and of the appointment of the coordinator. The coordinator shall also inform the competent authorities which have authorised regulated entities in the group and the competent authorities of the Member State in which the mixed financial holding company has its head office, and the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities established by Articles 40 of Regulation …/…, Regulation …/… and Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁰ (hereinafter 'Joint Committee')."

(b) The following paragraph 3 is added:

"3. The Joint Committee shall publish the list of identified financial conglomerates on its website and keep the list up-to-date."

OJ L

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(2) Article 18(1) is replaced by the following:

"Without prejudice to the sectoral rules, in the case referred to in Article 5(3), competent authorities shall verify whether the regulated entities, the parent undertaking of which has its head office outside the Community, are subject to supervision by a third-country competent authority, which is equivalent to that provided for by the provisions of this Directive on the supplementary supervision of regulated entities referred to in Article 5(2). The verification shall be carried out by the competent authority which would be the coordinator if the criteria set out in Article 10(2) were to apply, on the request of the parent undertaking or of any of the regulated entities authorised in the Community or on its own initiative. That competent authority shall consult the other relevant competent authorities, and shall take into account any applicable guidance prepared through the Joint Committee in accordance with Article 21a(2). For this purpose the competent authority shall consult the Joint Committee before taking a decision."

(3) The title of Chapter III before Article 20 is replaced by the following: "CONFERRED POWERS AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURES"

(4) In Article 20(1) the following sentence is added:

"Those measures shall not include the determination of the conditions of application or the specification of the provisions which are the subject matter of the items listed in Article 21a."

(5) Article 21(5) is deleted.

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(6) The following Article 21a is inserted:

"Article 21a Technical Standards and Guidelines 1. In order to ensure uniform application of this Directive, the European Supervisory

Authorities, in accordance with Articles 42 of Regulation …/… [EBA], Regulation …/… [EIOPA], and Regulation …/… [ESMA] may develop draft technical standards, with regard to:

(a) Article 2(11) in order to specify and determine the conditions of application of Article 17 of Council Directive 78/660/EEC21 in the context of this Directive;

(b) Article 2(17) in order to establish procedures for the determination of 'relevant competent authorities';

(c) Article 3(5) in order to determine the conditions of application of the alternative parameters for the identification of a financial conglomerate;

(d) Article 6(2) in order to specify and determine the conditions of application of the calculation methods listed in Annex I part II, but without prejudice to article 6(4);

(e) Article 7(2) in order to determine the modalities for including the items within the scope of the definition of 'risk concentrations' in the supervisory overview referred to in its second sub paragraph;

(f) Article 8(2) in order to determine the modalities for including the items within the scope of the definition of 'intra group transactions' in the supervisory overview referred to in its third sub paragraph.

OJ L 222, 14.8.1978, p. 11. Directive as last amended by […]

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The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 7 of Regulation …/… [EBA], Regulation …/… [EIOPA], and Regulation …/… [ESMA].

2.

The Joint Committee may provide general guidance as to whether the supplementary

supervision arrangements of competent authorities in third countries are likely to achieve

the objectives of the supplementary supervision as provided for in this Directive, in

relation to the regulated entities in a financial conglomerate, the head of which has its head

office outside the Community.

The Joint Committee shall regularly review such guidance and take into account any

changes to the supplementary supervision carried out by the relevant competent

authorities."

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Article 3 Amendments to Directive 2003/6/EC Directive 2003/6/EC is amended as follows:

(0) In Article 1 (7), the following subparagraph is added at the end:

"(5) “Accepted market practices’ shall mean practices that are reasonably expected in one or more financial markets and are accepted by the competent authority.

The European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council may develop draft technical standards to further specify the definition of “accepted market practices” established in this Article and in the implementing measures adopted by the Commission according to the previous subparagraph.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].”

(0b) In Article 8, the following subparagraph is added:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Directive, the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application and further specify the implementing measures adopted by the Commission according to the previous subparagraph.

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The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].”

(0c) In Article 6, the following paragraph (11) is added:

"11. In order to ensure uniform application of this Directive, the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application and further specify the implementing measures adopted by the Commission according to the previous subparagraph under its sixth indent.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].”

(1) In Article 16(2), the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Without prejudice to Article 258 of the TFEU and to the possibilities for refusing to act on a request for information foreseen in the second subparagraph, a competent authority whose request for information is not acted upon within a reasonable time or whose request for information is rejected may bring that non-compliance to the attention of the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council²², which may act in accordance with Article 11 of that Regulation".

OJ L

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(2) In Article 16(4), the fifth subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 258 of the TFEU and to the possibilities for refusing to act on a request for an investigation foreseen in the fourth subparagraph of article 16(4), a competent authority whose application to open an inquiry or whose request for authorisation for its officials to accompany those of the other Member State's competent authority is not acted upon within a reasonable time or is rejected may bring that non-compliance to the attention of the European Securities and Markets Authority, which may act in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/…of the European Parliament and of the Council".

(3) In Article 16, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

"In order to ensure uniform application of paragraphs 2 and 4, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards on the procedures and forms for exchange of information and cross-border inspections as referred to in this Article. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]".

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Article 4 Amendments to Directive 2003/41/EC Directive 2003/41/EC is amended as follows:

(1) Article 13 is amended as follows:

(a) The existing text is numbered as paragraph 1.

(b) The following paragraph 2 is added:

"2. In order to ensure uniform application of the directive, the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council²³ shall develop draft technical standards concerning minimum information to be provided to the competent authorities under letter (…) c) of the first paragraph of this article. The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EIOPA]. "

(2) In Article 20, the following paragraph 11is added: "11. (…)."

“Member States shall report to the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority their national provisions of prudential nature relevant to the field of occupational pension schemes, which are not covered by the reference to national social and labour law in paragraph 1. Member States shall update this information on a regular basis and at least every two years and the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority shall make this information available on its website.

OJ L

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The European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority shall develop draft technical standards specifying the procedures, formats and templates to be followed by competent authorities of the Member States when transmitting and updating the relevant information to the Authority.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the second subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EIOPA].”

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Article 5 Amendments to Directive 2003/71/EC

Directive 2003/71/EC is amended as follows:

(0) In Article 5 the following paragraph is added at the end of paragraph 2:

“In order to ensure uniform application of this Article and to enable investors to compare the security concerned with other investment products, the European Securities and Markets Authority shall develop draft technical standards to determine a uniform template for the presentation of the summary.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].”

(0a) In Article 7, the following paragraph 4 is added:

“4. In order to ensure the uniform application of this Directive, the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council may develop draft technical standards to further determine the conditions of application of the measures adopted by the Commission according to paragraph (1) of this article.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

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In Article 8, the following paragraph 5 is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraph 2 and to take account of technical developments on financial markets, the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁴ may develop draft technical standards to further specify the implementing measures adopted by the Commission according to paragraph 4 (…). The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission(…).

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

2.

Article 13 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added:

"The competent authority shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority of the approval of the prospectus and the supplement thereto at the same time as this approval is notified to the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market, as the case may be. The competent authorities shall notify the Authority at the same time with a copy of the said prospectus and the supplement thereto. (…) "

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(b) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

"5. The competent authority of the home Member State may transfer the approval of a prospectus to the competent authority of another Member State, subject to prior notification to the European Securities and Markets Authority and the agreement of the competent authority. This transfer shall be notified to the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market within three working days from the date of the decision taken by the competent authority of the home Member State. The time limit referred to in paragraph 2 shall apply from that date. Article 13.3 of Regulation …/… [ESMA] does not apply to the transfer of the approval of the prospectus according to this point."

3.

In Article 14, the following paragraph 4a is inserted:

"4a. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish on its website the list of prospectuses approved in accordance with Article 13, including, if applicable, a hyperlink to the prospectus published on the website of the competent authority of the home Member State, or on the website of the issuer, or on the website of the regulated market. The published list shall be kept up-to-date and each item shall remain on the website for a period of at least 12 months."

4.

In Article 16, the following paragraph 3 is added:

"3. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article and to take account of technical developments on financial markets, the European Securities and Markets Authority shall develop draft technical standards to determine specific situations where a significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in the prospectus requires a supplement to the prospectus to be published. (…).The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

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The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

5.

In Article 17, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"1. Without prejudice to Article 23, where an offer to the public or admission to trading on a regulated market is provided for in one or more Member States, or in a Member State other than the home Member State, the prospectus approved by the home Member State and any supplements thereto shall be valid for the public offer or the admission to trading in any number of host Member States, provided that the European Securities and Markets Authority and the competent authority of each host Member State is notified in accordance with Article 18. Competent authorities of host Member States shall not undertake any approval or administrative procedures relating to prospectuses."

6.

In Article 18, the following paragraphs 3 and 4 are added:

"3. The competent authority of the home Member State shall notify to the European Securities and Markets Authority the certificate of approval of the prospectus at the same time as it is notified to the competent authority of the host Member State.

The European Securities and Markets Authority and the competent authority of the host Member State shall publish on their websites the list of certificates of approval of prospectuses (including, if applicable, supplements thereto) which are notified in accordance with this article, including, if applicable, a hyperlink to these items published on the website of the competent authority of the home Member State, or on the website of the issuer, or on the website of the regulated market. The published list shall be kept up-to-date and each item shall remain on the websites for a period of at least 12 months.

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4.

In order to ensure uniform application of this Directive and to take account of technical developments on financial markets, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to specify the procedures, standard forms and templates for the notification of the certificate of approval, the copy of the prospectus, the translation of the summary and any supplement to the prospectus.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

6a. The following subparagraph is added at the end of Article 20 (3):

“The European Securities and Markets Authority shall assist the Commission in this assessment of the the equivalence of prospectuses drawn up in third countries and shall publish a list of those countries whose prospectuses are to be considered as equivalent. This list shall be updated periodically.”

7.

In Article 21(2), the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Member States shall inform the Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the competent authorities of other Member States of any arrangements entered into with regard to delegation of tasks, including the precise conditions regulating such delegation."

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8.

Article 22 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

"3. Paragraph 1 shall not prevent the competent authorities from transmitting confidential information to, or receiving confidential information from other competent authorities, the European Securities and Markets Authority or the European Systemic Risk Board. Such information shall be covered by the obligation of professional secrecy, to which the persons employed or formerly employed by the competent authorities receiving the information are subject."

(b) The following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraph 2 and to take account of technical developments on financial markets, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards on procedures, standard forms and templates for the cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities and the information required. (…).

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].

8a. Article 23 is amended as follows:

“1. Where the competent authority of the host Member State finds that irregularities have been committed by the issuer or by the financial institutions in charge of the public offer or that breaches have been committed of the obligations attaching to the issuer by reason of the fact that securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, it shall refer those findings to the competent authority of the home Member State and to the European

Securities and Markets Authority.

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2, If, despite the measures taken by the competent authority of the home Member State or because such measures prove inadequate, the issuer or the financial institution in charge of the public offer persists in breaching the relevant legal or regulatory provisions, the competent authority of the host Member State, after informing the competent authority of the home Member State and the European Securities and Markets Authority, shall take all appropriate measures in order to protect investors. The Commission and the Authority shall be informed of such measures at the earliest opportunity.”

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Article 6 Amendments to Directive 2004/39/EC

Directive 2004/39/EC is amended as follows:

(1) Article 5 (3) is replaced by the following: “3. Member States shall establish a register of all investment firms. The register shall be publicly accessible and shall contain information on the services or activities for which the investment firm is authorised. It shall be updated on a regular basis. Every authorisation shall be notified to the European Securities and Markets Authority.

The European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁵ shall establish a list of all investment firms in the Community. The list shall contain a reference to information on the services or activities for which the investment firm is authorised. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish that list on its website and shall keep it up to date.”

(2) In Article 7, the following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. (…) The European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards:

a)

To specify the requirements applicable to the head office under Article 5(4).
b)

To determine the information to be provided to the competent authorities under Article

7(2), including the programme of operations, and develop standard forms, templates and procedures for this provision of information.

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c)

To determine the requirements applicable to the management of investment firms

under articles 9(2) and (4) and to determine the information and develop standard forms, templates and procedures for the notifications foreseen in paragraphs 9(2) and 9(4).

d)

To determine the requirements applicable to shareholders and members with

qualifying holdings, as well as to the obstacles which may prevent effective exercise of the supervisory functions of the competent authority, as forseen in Articles 10(1)-(2).

e)

To specify the initial capital requirement under Article 12.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

(3) In Article 10b, the following paragraph 6 is added:

"8. (…) The European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to:

-

establish a harmonised list of information, referred to in Article 10b (4), that

proposed acquirers should include in their notification and

-

establish common procedures, forms and templates for the modalities of the

consultation process between the relevant competent authorities as referred to in Article 10 (4) (…)

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].".

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(3a) The first indent of paragraph 6 of Article 19 is replaced by the following:

“- the above services relate to shares admitted to trading on a regulated market or in an equivalent third country market, money market instruments, bonds or other forms of securitised debt (excluding those bonds or securitised debt that embed a derivative), UCITS and other non-complex financial instruments. A third country market shall be considered as equivalent to a regulated market if it complies with equivalent requirements to those established under Title III. The Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish a list of those markets that are to be considered as equivalent. This list shall be updated periodically. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall assist the Commission in this assessment of third country markets.”

(4) In Article 31, the following paragraph 7 is added:

"7. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish a uniform notification procedure and specify the information to be notified according to paragraphs 2,4 and 6 and the process of transmitting this information according to paragraphs 3, 4 and 6, including the development of standard forms and templates. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

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(5) In Article 32, the following paragraph 10 is added:

"10. (…) In order to ensure uniform application of this Article the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish a uniform notification procedure and specify the information to be notified according to (…) paragraphs 2,4 and 9 and the process of transmitting this information according to paragraphs 3 and 9, including the development of standard forms and templates. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

(6) Article 47 is replaced by the following:

"Article 47 List of regulated markets Each Member State shall draw up a list of the regulated markets for which it is the home Member State and shall forward that list to the other Member States and the European Securities and Markets Authority. A similar communication shall be effected in respect of each change to that list. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish a list of all regulated markets on its website and shall keep it up to date."

(7) Article 48 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"1. Each Member State shall designate the competent authorities which are to carry out each of the duties provided for in this Directive. Member States shall inform the Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the competent authorities of other Member States of the identity of the competent authorities responsible for enforcement of each of those duties, and of any division of those duties."

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(b) In paragraph 2, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: "Member States shall inform the Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the competent authorities of other Member States of any arrangements entered into with regard to delegation of tasks, including the precise conditions regulating such delegation.

"3. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish a list of the competent authorities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 on its website and shall keep it up to date".

(8) In Article 53, the following paragraph 3 is added:

"3. The competent authorities shall notify to the European Securities and Markets Authority the extra-judicial mechanisms as referred to in paragraph 1 which are active under its jurisdictions.

The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish a list of all extra-judicial mechanisms on its website and shall keep it up to date. "

(9) Article 56 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 1, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"In order to facilitate and accelerate cooperation, and more particularly exchange of information, Member States shall designate one single competent authority as a contact point for the purposes of this Directive. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority and to the other Member States the names of the authorities which are designated to receive requests for exchange of information or cooperation pursuant to this paragraph. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall publish a list with these authorities on its website and shall keep it up to date.”

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(b) The following paragraph 6 is added:

"6. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraphs 1 and 2, the European Securities

and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions

of application relating to the obligation for competent authorities to cooperate according to

paragraph 1 and to the content of the cooperation arrangements according to paragraph 2,

including the development of respective standard forms and templates.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[ESMA]."

(10) Article 57 is amended as follows:

(a) The existing text is renumbered as paragraph 1. (b) The following paragraph 2 is added:

"2. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraph 1, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish common procedures for (…) competent authorities to cooperate in supervisory activities, on-the-spot-verifications, and investigations, as well as the information to be exchanged. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

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(11) Article 58 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

"4. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraphs 1 and 2, the European Securities

and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish common

procedures for the exchange of information, including the development of standard forms

or templates.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[ESMA]."

(b) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

"Articles 54, 58 and 63 shall not prevent a competent authority from transmitting to the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Systemic Risk Board established by Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁶, to central banks, the European System of Central Banks and the European Central Bank, in their capacity as monetary authorities, and, where appropriate, to other public authorities responsible for overseeing payment and settlement systems, confidential information intended for the performance of their tasks; likewise such authorities or bodies shall not be prevented from communicating to the competent authorities such information as they may need for the purpose of performing their functions provided for in this Directive."

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(12) In Article 60, the following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and

Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to specify the procedures for the

consultation of other competent authorities prior to granting an authorisation, including the

development of standard forms or templates.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[ESMA]."

(13) Article 62 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 1, the third sentence in the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"The Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority shall be informed of such measures without delay."

(b) In paragraph 2, the second sentence in the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"The Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority shall be informed of such measures without delay."

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(14) Article 63 (1) is replaced by the following

"1. Member States and, in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation ..../... [ESMA], the European Securities and Markets Authority may conclude cooperation agreements providing for the exchange of information with the competent authorities of third countries only if the information disclosed is subject to guarantees of professional secrecy at least equivalent to those required under Article 54. Such exchange of information must be intended for the performance of the tasks of those competent authorities. Member States and the European Securities and Markets Authority may transfer personal data to a third country in accordance with Chapter IV of Directive 95/46/EC. Member States and the European Securities and Markets Authority may also conclude cooperation agreements providing for the exchange of information with third country authorities, bodies and natural or legal persons responsible for:

(a) the supervision of credit institutions, other financial organisations, insurance undertakings and the supervision of financial markets;

(b) the liquidation and bankruptcy of investment firms and other similar procedures;

(c) carrying out statutory audits of the accounts of investment firms and other financial institutions, credit institutions and insurance undertakings, in the performance of their supervisory functions, or which administer compensation schemes, in the performance of their functions;

(d) overseeing the bodies involved in the liquidation and bankruptcy of investment firms and other similar procedures;

(e) overseeing persons charged with carrying out statutory audits of the accounts of insurance undertakings, credit institutions, investment firms and other financial institutions.

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The cooperation agreements referred to in the third subparagraph may only be concluded where the information disclosed is subject to guarantees of professional secrecy at least equivalent to those required under Article 54. Such exchange of information must be intended for the performance of the tasks of those authorities or bodies or natural or legal persons."

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Article 7 Amendments to Directive 2004/109/EC

Directive 2004/109/EC is amended as follows:

(1) Article 12 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 8, point (a) is deleted;

(b) The following paragraph 9 is added:

'9. In order to ensure the uniform application of paragraph 1 of this Article and to take account of technical developments in financial markets, the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁷ shall develop draft technical standards to establish a (…)standard form to be used when notifying the required information to the issuer under paragraph 1 of this Article or when filing information under Article 19(3).

The Authority shall submit the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph to the Commission by 1 January 2014. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].';

(2) Article 13 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 2, point (c) is replaced by the following: "(c) the contents of the notification to be made;";

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(b) the following paragraph is added:

'3. In order to ensure the uniform application of paragraph 1 and to take account of

technical developments on financial markets, the European Securities and Markets

Authority shall develop draft technical standards to establish a (…)standard form to be

used when notifying the required information to the issuer under paragraph 1 or when

filing information under Article 19(3).

The Authority shall submit the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph to the Commission by 1 January 2014. The Commission may adopt those

draft technical standards in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of

Regulation .../.... [ESMA].';

(3) In Article 25(3), the first sentence is replaced by the following:

"Paragraph 1 shall not prevent the competent authorities from exchanging confidential information or from transmitting it to the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Systemic Risk Board established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁸."

(4) The following subparagraph is added at the end of Article 23(4):

“The European Securities and Markets Authority shall assist the Commission in this assessment of the accounting standards of third countries and shall publish a list of those countries whose standards are to be considered as equivalent. This list shall be updated periodically.”

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(5) Article 26 is amended as follows:

“1. Where the competent authority of a host Member State finds that the issuer or the holder of shares or other financial instruments, or the person or entity referred to in Article 10, has committed irregularities or infringed its obligations, it shall refer its findings to the competent authority of the home Member State and to the European Securities and Markets Authority.

2. If, despite the measures taken by the competent authority of the home Member State, or because such measures prove inadequate, the issuer or the security holder persists in infringing the relevant legal or regulatory provisions, the competent authority of the host Member State shall, after informing the competent authority of the home Member State, take, in accordance with Article 3(2), all the appropriate measures in order to protect investors. The Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority shall be informed of such measures at the earliest opportunity.”

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Article 8 Amendments to Directive 2005/60/EC

Directive 2005/60/EC is amended as follows:

(1) In Article 31, the following paragraph 4 is added:

'4. In order to ensure the uniform application of this Article and to take account of technical developments in the fight against money laundering or terrorist financing, the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, subject to prior consultation by the Committee on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing regulated in Article 41, may develop draft technical standards in accordance with Articles 42 of Regulation …/…, Regulation …/… and Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council²⁹ to determine the type of additional measures referred to in Article 31(3) and the minimum action to be taken by credit and financial institutions where the legislation of the third country does not permit application of the measures required under the first subparagraph of paragraph 1.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA], …/…, Regulation …/… [ESMA] and …/…, Regulation …/….[ EIOPA]';

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(2) In Article 34, the following paragraph is added:

' 3. In order to ensure the uniform application of this Article and to take account of technical developments in the fight against money laundering or terrorist financing, the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, subject to prior consultation by the Committee on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing regulated in Article 41, may develop draft technical standards in accordance with Articles 42 of Regulation …/…, Regulation …/… and Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council to determine the conditions of application relating to the minimum content of the communication referred to in paragraph 2.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA] ], …/…, Regulation …/… [ESMA] and …/…, Regulation …/….[ EIOPA].';

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Article 9 Amendments to Directive 2006/48/EC

(1) In Article 6, the following paragraph is added:

"(…) The European Banking Authority established by Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council³⁰ may develop draft technical standards to:

a)

Determine the information to be provided to the competent authorities in the application (…)for the authorisation of credit institutions, and develop standard forms, templates and procedures for this provision of information
b)

Determine the information to be provided in programme of operations foreseen in Article 7 and develop standard forms, templates and procedures for this provision of information.
c)

Determine the conditions to comply with the requirement set out in Article 8
d)

Specify the requirement to hold a minimum initial capital under Article 9
e)

Determine the requirements applicable to the management of credit institutions under Article 11 with the exception of the conditions established in the second sentence of Article 11(1).
f)

Determine the requirements applicable to shareholders and members with qualifying holdings, as well as to the obstacles which may prevent effective exercise of the supervisory functions of the competent authority, as forseen in Article 12.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]."

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(2) Article 14 is replaced by the following:

"Article 14

"Every authorisation shall be notified to the European Banking Authority. The name of each credit institution to which authorisation has been granted shall be entered in a list. The European Banking Authority shall publish that list on its website and shall keep it up-to-date".(3) In Article 19, the following paragraph 9 is added:

"9. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority

may develop draft technical standards to:

-

establish a harmonised list of information, referred to in Article 19a (4), that

proposed acquirers should include in their notification and

-

establish common procedures, forms and templates for the modalities of the

consultation process between the relevant competent authorities as referred to in Article 19b. (…)

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]."

(3a) In Article 22, the following paragraph (3) is added:

3. In order to ensure uniform application of this article and to specify the requirements laid under it, the European Banking Authority may develop binding technical standards to determine the arrangements, processes and mechanisms referred to in paragraph (1), taking into account the principles set out in paragraph (2).

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(4) In Article 26, the following paragraph 5 is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of Article 25 and this Article the European Banking Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish a uniform notification procedure and specify the information to be notified according to Article 25 and to this Article and the process for transmitting this information (…).

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

(5) In Article 28, the following paragraph 4 is added :

"4. (…) In order to ensure uniform application of this Article the European Banking Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish a uniform notification procedure applicable and specify the information to be notified according to this Article and the process for transmitting this information.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

(6) In Article 33, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

"Before following the procedure provided for in Article 30, the competent authorities of the host Member State may, in emergencies, take any precautionary measures necessary to protect the interests of depositors, investors and others to whom services are provided. The Commission, the European Banking Authority and the competent authorities of the other Member States concerned shall be informed of such measures at the earliest opportunity.'

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(6a) Article 36 is amended as follows:

The Member States shall inform the Commission and the European Banking Authority of the number and type of cases in which there has been a refusal pursuant to Articles 25 and 26(1) to (3) or in which measures have been taken in accordance with Article 30(3).

(6b) Article 38, paragraph 2, si amended as follows:

2. The competent authorities shall notify the Commission, the European Banking Authority and the European Banking Committee of all authorisations for branches granted to credit institutions having their head office outside the European Union.

(7) In Article 42, the following paragraph is added:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards to determine the procedures, methods and formats of the information sharing requirements which are likely to facilitate the monitoring of credit institutions, as well as to specify the information contained therein. The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

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(8) In Article 42a(1) the following is added at the end of the fourth sub-paragraph:

" If, at the end of the initial two month period, any of the competent authorities concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the competent authorities of the host Member State shall defer their decision and await the decision that the European Banking Authority may take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that Regulation , and shall take their decision in conformity with the Authority‘s decision. The two month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of that Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of the initial two month period or after a joint decision has been reached. Decisions taken by the EBA shall not replace the lawful exercise of judgement by the competent authorities of the host Member State taken in compliance with this Directive”.

(9) Article 42b is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

"In the exercise of their duties, competent authorities shall take into account the convergence in respect of supervisory tools and supervisory practices in the application of the laws, regulations and administrative requirements adopted pursuant to this Directive. For that purpose, Member States shall ensure that:

(a) the competent authorities participate in the activities of the European Banking Authority,

(b) the competent authorities follow the guidelines and recommendations of the European Banking Authority, and shall state the reasons if they do not do so,

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(c) national mandates conferred on the competent authorities do not inhibit the performance of their duties as members of that Authority under this Directive. (b) Paragraph 2 is deleted.

(10) Article 44(2) is replaced by the following:

"2. Paragraph 1 shall not prevent the competent authorities of the various Member States from exchanging information or transmitting information to the European Banking Authority in accordance with this Directive and with other Directives applicable to credit institutions, as well as with Articles 16 and 20 of Regulation .../... [EBA]. That information shall be subject to the conditions of professional secrecy set out in paragraph 1".

(11) Article 46 is replaced by the following:

"Member States and the European Banking Authority, in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation .../... [EBA] may conclude cooperation agreements, providing for exchanges of information, with the competent authorities of third countries or with authorities or bodies of third countries as defined in Articles 47 and 48(1) only if the information disclosed is subject to guarantees of professional secrecy at least equivalent to those referred to in Article 44(1). Such exchange of information shall be for the purpose of performing the supervisory task of the authorities or bodies mentioned.

Where the information originates in another Member State or authority, it may not be disclosed without the express agreement of the authorities which have disclosed it and, where appropriate, solely for the purposes for which those authorities gave their agreement."

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(12) Article 49 is amended as follows:

(a) In the first paragraph, a following point (c) is added:

"(c) the European Systemic Risk Board where this information is relevant for the exercise

of its statutory tasks under Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [ESRB]³¹."

(b) the fourth paragraph is replaced by the following:

"In an emergency situation as referred to in Article 130(1), Member States shall allow competent authorities to communicate information to the central banks in the European system of the central banks when this information is relevant for the exercise of their statutory tasks, including the conduct of monetary policy and related liquidity provision, the oversight of payments, clearing and securities settlement systems, and the safeguarding stability of the financial system, and to the European Systemic Risk Board under Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [ESRB] when this information is relevant for the exercise of its statutory tasks ."

(13) Article 63a is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

"4. The provisions governing the instrument shall provide for principal, unpaid interest or dividend to be such as to absorb losses and to not hinder the recapitalisation of the credit institution through appropriate mechanisms, as developed by the European Banking Authority under paragraph 6".

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(b) Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

"6. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraph 1 of this Article and the

convergence of supervisory practices, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft

technical standards to determine (…)the provisions governing the instruments referred to

in paragraph 1 of this Article. The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to

the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[EBA].

The European Banking Authority shall also issue guidelines in relation to instruments

referred to in point (a) of the first paragraph of Article 57.

The European Banking Authority shall monitor the application of the guidelines issued

under sentence 1 and sentence 2."

(14) In Article 74(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"For the communication of these calculations by credit institutions, competent authorities shall apply, from 31 December 2012, uniform formats, frequencies, information technology terminology and process and dates of reporting. In order to ensure uniform application of the directive, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards to introduce, within the Community, uniform formats and associated specifications, frequencies, information technology terminology and processes and dates of reporting before 1 January 2012. The reporting formats shall be proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of the credit institutions' activities. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

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(15) In Article 81(2) the following subparagraphs are added:

"In order to ensure the uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority, in consultation with the European Securities and Market Authority, shall develop draft technical standards to specify the assessment methodology relating to credit assessments. The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the second subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

(16) In Article 84(2), the following subparagraphs are added:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this paragraph, the European Banking Authority

may develop draft technical standards to determine the practical (…)application of the

conditions under which competent authorities permit credit institutions to use the IRB

Approach.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the third

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[EBA]."

(17) In Article 97(2), the following subparagraphs are added:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority, in consultation with the European Securities and Market Authority, shall develop draft technical standards to specify the assessment methodology relating to credit assessments. The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the second subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

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(18) In Article 105(1), the following subparagraphs are added:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority

may develop draft technical standards to determine the practical (…) application of the

conditions under which competent authorities permit credit institutions to use the

Advanced Measurement Approaches.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the second

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[EBA]".

(19) In Article 106(2), the last sub-paragraph is replaced by the following:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Paragraph, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards in order to specify the exemptions in point (c) and (d). The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt those draft technical standards in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

(20) Article 110(2) is replaced by the following:

"2. Member States shall provide that reporting shall be carried out at least twice a year. The competent authorities shall apply, from 31 December 2012, uniform formats, frequencies, information technology terminology and process and dates of reporting. In order to ensure uniform application of the directive, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards to introduce, within the Community, uniform formats, frequencies, information technology terminology and process and dates of reporting before 1 January 2012. The reporting formats shall be proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of the credit institutions' activities.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]."

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(20a) The fourth subparagraph of paragraph 1 of Article 111, is amended as follows:

"1. Member States may set a lower limit than EUR 150 million and shall inform the European Banking Authority and the Commission.”

(21) Article 122a(10) is replaced by the following:

"10. The European Banking Authority shall report to the Commission annually on the

compliance with this Article by the competent authorities.

In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority

shall develop draft technical standards for the convergence of supervisory practices with

regard to this Article, including the measures taken in case of breach of the due diligence

and risk management obligations. The Authority shall submit those draft technical

standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the second

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[EBA]."

(22) In Article 124, the following paragraph 6 is added:

"6. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of this Article and a common risk assessment procedure and methodology. . (…) The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

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(23) In Article 129(2), the fifth subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"In the absence of a joint decision between the competent authorities within six months, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall make its own decision on the application. The decision shall be set out in a document containing the fully reasoned decision and shall take into account the views and reservations of the other competent authorities expressed during the six months period. The decision shall be provided to the applicant and the other competent authorities by the competent authority referred to in paragraph 1.

If, at the end of the six month period, any of the competent authorities concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the consolidating supervisor shall defer its decision and await any decision that the European Banking Authority may take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that regulation on its decision, and shall take its decision in conformity with the Authority's decision. .. The six month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of the Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of the six month period or after a joint decision has been reached. Decisions taken by the EBA shall not replace the lawful exercise of judgement by the competent authorities of the consolidating supervisor taken in compliance with this Directive”.

(23a) In Article 129 (2), the following subparagraph is added at the end:

“4. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article the European Banking Authority may develop draft binding technical standards to specify the joint decision process referred to in this paragraph, with regard to the applications for permissions referred to in articles 84(1), 87(9) and 105 and in Annex III part 6 and with a view to facilitating joint decisions.

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The Commission may adopt these draft technical standards referred to in the tenth subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]".

(24) Article 129(3) is amended as follows:

(a) In the third sub-paragraph, "Committee of European Banking Supervisors" is replaced by "European Banking Authority".

(b) The fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"In the absence of such a joint decision between the competent authorities within four months, a decision on the application of Articles 123 and 124 and Article 136(2) shall be taken on a consolidated basis by the consolidating supervisor after duly considering the risk assessment of subsidiaries performed by relevant competent authorities. If, at the end of the four month period, any of the competent authorities concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the consolidating supervisor shall defer its decision and await any decision that the European Banking Authority may take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that Regulation , and shall take its decision in conformity with the Authority's decision. The four month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of the Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of the four month period or after a joint decision has been reached. Decisions taken by the EBA shall not replace the lawful exercise of judgement by the competent authorities of the consolidating supervisor taken in compliance with this Directive”.

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"The decision on the application of Articles 123 and 124 and Article 136(2) shall be taken by the respective competent authorities responsible for supervision of subsidiaries of an EU parent credit institution or an EU parent financial holding company on an individual or sub-consolidated basis after duly considering the views and reservations expressed by the consolidating supervisor. If, at the end of the four month period, any of the competent authorities concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation …/… [EBA], the competent authorities shall defer their decision and await any decision that the European Banking Authority shall take in accordance with Article 11(3) of that Regulation, and shall take its decision in conformity with the Authority's decision. The four month period shall be deemed the conciliation period within the meaning of that Regulation. The European Banking Authority shall take its decision within one month. The matter shall not be referred to the Authority after the end of the four month period or after a joint decision has been reached. Decisions taken by the EBA shall not replace the lawful exercise of judgement by the competent authorities responsible for supervision of subsidiaries of an EU parent credit institution or an EU parent financial holding company on an individual or sub-consolidated basis taken in compliance with this Directive."

(d) The seventh sub-paragraph is replaced by the following:

"Where the European Banking Authority has been consulted, all competent authorities shall consider its advice, and explain any significant deviation therefrom".

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(e) The tenth sub-paragraph is replaced by the following:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority

may develop draft technical standards to specify the joint decision process referred to in

this paragraph, with regard to the application of Articles 123, 124 and 136(2) and with a

view to facilitating joint decisions. (…)

The Commission may adopt these draft technical standards referred to in the tenth

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[EBA]"

(25) In Article 130(1), the first and second subparagraphs are replaced by the following:

"Where an emergency situation, including adverse developments in financial markets, arises, which potentially jeopardises the market liquidity and the stability of the financial system in any of the Member State where entities of a group have been authorised or where significant branches referred to in Article 42a are established, the consolidating supervisor shall, subject to Chapter 1, Section 2, alert as soon as is practicable, the European Banking Authority and the authorities referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 49 and Article 50, and shall communicate all information essential for the pursuance of their tasks. Those obligations shall apply to all competent authorities under Articles 125 and 126 and to the competent authority identified under Article 129(1). If the authority referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article 49 becomes aware of a situation described in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, it shall alert as soon as is practicable the competent authorities referred to in Articles 125 and 126, and the European Banking Authority."

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(26) In Article 131, the third paragraph is replaced by the following:

"The competent authorities responsible for authorising the subsidiary of a parent undertaking which is a credit institution may, by bilateral agreement, delegate their responsibility for supervision to the competent authorities which authorised and supervise the parent undertaking so that they assume responsibility for supervising the subsidiary in accordance with this Directive. The European Banking Authority, in accordance with Article (13) of Regulation .../... [EBA] shall be kept informed of the existence and content of such agreements. It shall forward such information to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the European Banking Committee".

(27) Article 131a(2) is amended as follows:

(a) The second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Article and Article 42a(3), the European Banking Authority may develop draft technical standards for the operational functioning of colleges, including in relation to Article 42a(3). (…) (b) The sixth subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"The consolidating supervisor, subject to the confidentiality requirements under Chapter 1, Section 2, shall inform the European Banking Authority of the activities of the college of supervisors, including in emergency situations, and communicate to that Authority all information that is of particular relevance for the purposes of supervisory convergence."

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(28) Article 143(2) is amended as follows:

(a) The following sentence is added at the end of the first sub-paragraph:

"The European Banking Authority shall assist the Commission and the European Banking Committee in carrying out those tasks, including as to whether such guidance should be updated".

(b) The second sub-paragraph is replaced by the following:

"The competent authority carrying out the verification referred to in the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 1 shall take into account any such guidance. For this purpose, the competent authority shall consult the European Banking Authority before adopting a decision".

(29) In Article 144, the following paragraph is added:

"In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards to determine the key aspects on which aggregate statistical data are to be disclosed and the format, structure, contents list and annual publication date of the disclosures provided for in this Article. The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January 2014. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the third paragraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA]."

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(30) Article 150 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 2, points (d) and (e) are deleted.

(b) The following paragraph 3 is added:

"3. The European Banking Authority shall develop draft technical standards to determine:

(a) the conditions of application of points 15 to 17 of Annex V;

(b) the conditions of application of Part 2 of Annex VI in respect of the quantitative factors referred to in point 12, the qualitative factors referred to in point 13 and the benchmark referred to in point 14;

The Authority shall submit those draft technical standards to the Commission by 1 January

2014.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[EBA]".

(31) In Article 156, "Committee of European Banking Supervisors" is replaced by "European Banking Authority".

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Article 10 Amendments to Directive 2006/49/EC

In Article 18 of Directive 2006/49/EC, the following paragraph is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of paragraph 1, the European Banking Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council may develop draft technical standards for endorsement by the Commission to determine the practical (…) application of the conditions under which competent authorities permit (…) institutions to use internal models for the purposes of calculating capital requirements under this Directive.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [EBA] (…)".

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Article 11 Amendments to Directive 2009/65/EC

Directive 2009/65/EC is amended as follows:

1.

In Article 5, the following paragraph 8 is added:

"8. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority established by Regulation…/…of the European Parliament and of the Council³² may develop draft technical standards to determine the (…) information to be provided to the competent authorities in the application for authorisation of a UCITS. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

2.

In Article 7, the following paragraph 6 is added:

"6. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to:

a)

Specify the requirement to hold a minimum initial capital under paragraph 1, letter (a)

of this Article.

b)

Determine the information to be provided to the competent authorities in the application

for the authorisation of the management company, including the programme of activity, and develop standard forms, templates and procedures for this provision of information.

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c)

To determine the requirements applicable to the management of the management company under articles 7(1)b and 7(2), with the exception of the first condition established in paragraph 1(b) of this Article, and to determine the information and to develop standard forms, templates and procedures for the notification foreseen in Article 7(1)b.
d)

To determine the requirements applicable to shareholders and members with qualifying holdings, as well as to the obstacles which may prevent effective exercise of the supervisory functions of the competent authority, as foreseen in Articles 8(1) and 11. (…)

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

3.

In Article 12, the following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to further specify and determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the procedures, arrangements, structures and organisational requirements referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

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4.

In Article 14, the following paragraph 3 is added:

"3. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the criteria, principles and steps referred to in points (a), (b), and (c) of the first subparagraph of this Article.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

5.

In Article 21(7), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Before following the procedure laid down in paragraphs 3, 4 or 5, the competent authorities of the management company's host Member State may, in emergencies, take any precautionary measures necessary to protect the interests of investors and others for whom services are provided. The Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority, and the competent authorities of the other Member States concerned shall be informed of such measures at the earliest opportunity."

6.

In Article 29, the following paragraph 5 is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to (…):

a)

Specify the requirement to hold a minimum initial capital under paragraph 1 of this

Article

b)

Determine the information to be provided to the competent authorities in the application

for the authorisation of the investment company, including the programme of operations, and develop standard forms, templates and procedures for this provision of information

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c)

To determine the requirements applicable to the management of the investment

company under article 29(1)b with the exception of the first condition established in the first sentence or that article and to develop standard forms, templates and procedures for the communication foreseen in it

d)

Determine the conditions to comply with the requirement set out in in Article 28.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

7.

In Article 43, the following paragraph 6 is added:

"6. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the content, format and method by which the information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article should be provided.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

8 In Article 50, the following paragraph 4 is added:

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

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9 In Article 51, the following paragraph 5 is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and

Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of

application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the

criteria and rules referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 4.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first

subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../....

[ESMA]."

10 In Article 60, the following paragraph 7 is added:

"7. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the agreement, measures and procedures referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 6. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

11 In Article 61, the following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the agreement and types of irregularities referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 3. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

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12 In Article 64, the following paragraph 5 is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the information and procedure referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 4. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

13.

In Article 69, the following paragraph 5 is added:

"5. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to determine the conditions of application of the provisions concerning the content of the prospectus, the annual report and the half-yearly report as laid down in Annex I, and the format of these documents. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

14.

In Article 78, the following paragraph 8 is added:

"8. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards (…) to determine the conditions of application of the implementing measures adopted by the Commission regarding the information referred to in paragraph 3, as specified in the implementing measure. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA].”

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14a. In Article 83, the following paragraph 3 is added:

“3. The European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards in order to specify the requirements of this Article relative to borrowing.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

15.

In Article 84, the following paragraph 4 is added:

"4. In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to specify the conditions which need to be met by the UCITS after the adoption of the temporary suspension of the repurchase or redemption of the units of the UCITS as referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2, once the suspension has been decided.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

16.

In Article 95, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

"2. In order to ensure uniform application of Article 93, the European Securities and

Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to specify:

(a) the form and contents of a standard model notification letter to be used by a

UCITS for the purpose of notification referred to in Article 93(1), including an indication as to which documents the translations refer to;

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(b) the form and contents of a standard model attestation to be used by competent

authorities of Member States referred to in Article 93(3);

communication between competent authorities for the purpose of notification

under the provisions of Article 93. The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

17.

In Article 101, paragraphs 8 and 9 are replaced by the following:

"8. Competent authorities may bring to the attention of the European Securities and

Markets Authority situations where a request:

(a) to exchange information as provided for in Article 109 has been rejected or has not

been acted upon within a reasonable time; (b) to carry out an investigation or on-the-spot verification as provided for in Article

110 has been rejected or has not been acted upon within a reasonable time; or (c) for authorisation for its officials to accompany those of the competent authority of

the other Member State has been rejected or has not been acted upon within a

reasonable time. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 258 of the TFEU and to the possibilities for refusing to act on a request for information or for an investigation foreseen in paragraph 6 of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may act in accordance with the powers conferred on it by article 11 of Regulation …/… [ESMA].”

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9.

In order to ensure uniform application of this Article, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish common procedures for competent authorities to cooperate in (…) on-the-spot verifications and investigations as referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

18.

Article 102 is amended as follows:

(a) In paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "Paragraph 1 shall not prevent the competent authorities of the Member States from exchanging information in accordance with this Directive or other Community law applicable to UCITS or to undertakings contributing towards their business activity or from transmitting it to the European Securities and Markets Authority in accordance with Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [ESMA] or the European Systemic Risk Board established by Regulation …/…of the European Parliament and of the Council³³. That information shall be subject to the conditions of professional secrecy laid down in paragraph 1."

(b) In paragraph 5, the following point (d) is added:

"(d) the European Banking Authority established by Regulation …/… European Parliament and of the Council[EBA]³⁴, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority established by Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council³⁵ [EIOPA] and the European Systemic Risk Board established by Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council³⁶."

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19.

Article 105 is replaced by the following: "Article 105

In order to ensure uniform application of the provisions in this Directive concerning the exchange of information, the European Securities and Markets Authority may develop draft technical standards to establish procedures, templates and formats for the exchange of information between competent authorities and between the competent authorities and the European Securities and Markets Authority and its minimum content.

The Commission may adopt the draft technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of Regulation .../.... [ESMA]."

20.

In Article 108(5), point (b) of the first subparagraph and the second subparagraph are replaced by the following:

"(b) if necessary, bring the matter to the attention of the European Securities and Markets Authority, which may act in accordance with the powers conferred on it by article 11 of Regulation .../... [ESMA].

The Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority shall be informed without delay of any measure taken pursuant to point (a) of the first subparagraph."

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Article 12 Transposition 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions

necessary to comply with Articles .... of this Directive no later than 12 months after its entry into force (…). They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 13 Entry into force This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 14

Addressees This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament For the Council

The President The President

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