Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the evaluation of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps

This report to the European Parliament and the Council provides for the evaluation of the Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (EU) No 236/2012 (hereafter “SSR”). The European Commission is required under Article 45 SSR to report to the European Parliament and the Council on the appropriateness and impact of certain provisions of the SSR. This report covers the points listed in Article 45 SSR.

This Report was prepared in light of discussions with the competent authorities and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). On 22 October 2012 the Commission formally mandated ESMA to carry out a quantitative analysis of the available short selling data and a consultation of competent authorities and market participants. On the basis of this work, ESMA issued its technical advice on the evaluation of the SSR on 3 June 2013.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)885: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:885:FIN

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