As part of the implementation of the Securities Regulation, which begins to apply from 1 January 2019, ESMA has published:
- draft regulatory and implementing standards on the contents of applications to register with ESMA as a securitisation repository;
- Final Technical Advice on fees to be charged for registering and supervising securitisation repositories;
- further guidance to market participants notifications to ESMA of a securitisation’s ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ status; and
- a statement relating to other near-term implementation activities.