On 5 December, Euroclear Bank, the Brussels-based international central securities depository and ECSDA member announced that it has obtained a licence to operate under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR).
Please read the full release.
The list of CSDs authorised under the CSDR is provided on the CSD Facts page of the website.
On 20 December, the Central Securities Depository Prague received the licence required by the new European CSD Regulation (CSDR), thus becoming yet another European depository in possession of the pan-European CSD licence.
The Central Securities Depository Prague has received the licence from the Czech National Bank to pursue the activities of a central depository under the harmonized European regulation implemented by the CSDR. The decision becomes legally effective on 21 December. In addition to the CSDR, the activities of the CSD Prague and its participants will also be subject to the provisions of the Act on Capital Market Undertakings, as amended.
Please see the full press release
The list of CSDs authorised under the CSDR is provided on CSD Facts page of the website.
European Commission has published today a communication, allowing ESMA to recognise, on the temporary and conditional basis, the UK CSD in case of Brexit no deal. ESMA expressed its support to this decision.
In more detail:
ECSDA appreciated the publication by the European Commission of the communication for Brexit no-deal contingency plan, as issued on the Commission website.
We also note that ESMA Board of Supervisors expressed support to “continued access to the UK Central Securities Depository (CSD), in order to allow the UK CSD to serve Irish securities and to avoid any negative impact on the Irish securities market.” For more please see ESMA website.
On 12 November 2018, ESMA has updated his Questions and Answers (Q&As) with regard to the implementation of the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR).
The new entries cover the CSD passporting and Settlement Discipline cash penalties.
See the complete updated ESMA CSDR Q&As following this link.