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32015 R 2365: Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 1), as amended by:
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1 to this Agreement, and unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the terms Member State(s) and competent authorities shall be understood to include, in addition to their meaning in the Regulation, the EFTA States and their competent authorities, respectively.
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(b)
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References to the powers of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) under Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the Regulation shall be understood as referring, in the cases provided for in and in accordance with this Agreement, to the powers of the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards the EFTA States.
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Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, ESMA and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall cooperate, exchange information and consult each other for the purposes of the Regulation, in particular prior to taking any action.
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(d)
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Decisions, interim decisions, notifications, simple requests, revocations of decisions and other measures of the EFTA Surveillance Authority under Articles 5(6), 7(1) and 10 shall, without undue delay, be adopted on the basis of drafts prepared by ESMA at its own initiative or at the request of the EFTA Surveillance Authority.
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References to members of the ESCB shall be understood to include, in addition to their meaning in the Regulation, the national central banks of the EFTA States.
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(f)
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In Article 5:
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in paragraph 1, the words “or, in the case of a trade repository established in an EFTA State, with the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”;
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(ii)
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in paragraph 5, the words “or, in the case of a trade repository established in an EFTA State, to the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”;
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(iii)
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in paragraph 6, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”.
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(g)
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In Article 6, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”.
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(h)
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In Article 7, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”.
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(i)
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In Article 8:
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in paragraph 1, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the words “ESMA”;
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(ii)
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paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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“ESMA and the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall communicate to each other and to the Commission any decision taken in accordance with paragraph 1.”.
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In Article 9, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”.
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In Article 10:
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in paragraph 1, the words “or, in the case of a trade repository established in an EFTA State, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “ESMA”;
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(ii)
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as regards the EFTA States, in paragraph 2, the word “ESMA” shall read “the EFTA Surveillance Authority”;
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(iii)
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in the second sentence of paragraph 3, the words “or, in the case of a trade repository established in an EFTA State, not to prepare a draft for the EFTA Surveillance Authority to that effect” shall be inserted after the word “concerned”.
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In Article 11(1), the following subparagraphs shall be added:
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“As regards trade repositories established in an EFTA State, fees shall be charged by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on the same basis as fees charged to other trade repositories in accordance with this Regulation and with the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2.
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The amounts collected by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in accordance with this paragraph shall be passed on to ESMA without undue delay.”.
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In Article 18, the words “the EFTA Surveillance Authority,” shall be inserted after the words “EIOPA,”.
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(n)
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In Article 21(2), the words “and to the Standing Committee of the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the word “Council”.
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(o)
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In Article 22, as regards the EFTA States:
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in paragraph 6, the words “before 13 January 2018” shall read “within two years of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021”;
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(ii)
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in paragraph 7, the words “13 July 2017” shall read “six months after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021”.
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In Article 26(5), the words “and to the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “only to competent authorities”.
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In Article 33, as regards the EFTA States, the second paragraph shall read as follows:
“This Regulation shall apply from the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021, with the exception of:
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Article 4(1), which shall apply:
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6 months after the date of entry into force of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee containing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/356 for financial counterparties referred to in points (3)(a) and (b) of Article 3 and third-country entities referred to in point (3)(i) of Article 3 which would require authorisation or registration in accordance with the legislation referred to in points (3)(a) and (b) of Article 3 if they were established in the EEA;
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(ii)
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12 months after the date of entry into force of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee containing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/356 for financial counterparties referred to in points (3)(g) and (h) of Article 3 and third-country entities referred to in point (3)(i) of Article 3 which would require authorisation or registration in accordance with the legislation referred to in points (3)(g) and (h) of Article 3 if they were established in the EEA;
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(iii)
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15 months after the date of entry into force of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee containing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/356 for financial counterparties referred to in points (3)(c) to (f) of Article 3 and third-country entities referred to point (3)(i) of Article 3 which would require authorisation or registration in accordance with the legislation referred to in points (3)(c) to (f) of Article 3 if they were established in the EEA; and
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15 months after the date of entry into force of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee containing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/356 for non-financial counterparties;
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(b)
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Article 13, which shall apply from one year after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021;
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Article 14, which shall apply from 18 months after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021 in the case of collective investment undertakings subject to Directive 2009/65/EC or Directive 2011/61/EU that are constituted before the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021;
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Article 15, which shall apply from six months after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 385/2021 of 10 December 2021, including for collateral arrangements existing on that date.”.’
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Date of entry into force unknown (pending notification) or not yet in force.