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The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) launched today a public consultation on the second batch of policy mandates under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Today’s package includes four draft regulatory technical standards (RTS), one set of draft implementing technical standards (ITS) and two sets of guidelines (GL). These policy instruments aim to ensure a consistent and harmonised legal framework in the areas of major ICT-related incident reporting, digital operational resilience testing, ICT third-party risk management and oversight over critical ICT third-party providers. The consultation runs until 4 March 2024.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the requirements for policies and procedures on conflicts of interest for issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). These draft RTS aim at strengthening the management of conflicts of interest by issuers of ARTs and ensure convergence of requirements across the European Union.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today launched a second consultation related to the joint Guidelines on the system for the exchange of information relevant to fit and proper assessments. The consultation covers amendments extending the scope of the joint Guidelines to legal persons, thus ensuring the complete coverage of data subjects. These Guidelines aim to increase the efficiency of the information exchange between sectoral supervisors by harmonising practices and covering both natural and legal persons. The consultation runs until 15 January 2024.