The recent proposal by the Commission for a Directive regarding the digital tools and processes in company law gives rise to the importance of taking into account the already existing identification for financial institutions.
European CSDs call upon policymakers to consider reusing the identification for the purposes of the proposed Directive and to use it as an opportunity to streamline the process of
(a) obtaining, maintaining and collecting the identifier for financial institutions and issuance as well as
(b) facilitating the acceptance of securities in an EU CSD.

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