Eurocommissaris Barnier positief over afspraken effectenbewaarinstelling (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 18 december 2013.

European Commission

MEMO

Brussels, 18 December 2013

Central Securities Depositaries: Commissioner Barnier welcomes provisional agreement in trilogue

"I welcome the provisional agreement reached this morning between the European Parliament and the EU Member States on new rules on securities settlement and central securities depositaries (CSDs) in the EU. Settlement is a very important process for securities markets and for the financing of our economy. The numbers speak for themselves: in the European Union, transactions worth over one quadrillion euro were settled by CSDs in last two years. This agreement will ensure that settlement is carried out in a safer and more efficient manner. I would like to thank the European Parliament, especially the rapporteur, Kay Swinburne, and the shadow rapporteurs; and the Council especially the Lithuanian Presidency and the previous Irish, Cypriot and Danish Presidencies for their work on reaching this agreement. I hope that the remaining technical work can be finalised as soon as possible under the Greek Presidency so that these new rules can be formally adopted by the co-legislators."

Key elements of the agreement

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    These new rules will introduce safeguards to address the risks resulting from the provision of banking services ancillary to settlement such as:
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      an additional capital surcharge for CSDs and banks providing these banking services to CSD users;
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      cooperation of supervisors in authorising and supervising the provision of these banking services to CSD users.
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    On settlement discipline, it preserves the principle of a mandatory solution (buy-in) for settlement fails with a certain degree of flexibility tailored for the needs of SMEs and specific transactions such as repurchase agreements.

Background

The Commission's proposal for a Regulation on securities settlement and central securities depositories (CSDs) in the European Union was presented in March 2012 ( IP/12/221 ).