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Central securities depositary (CSDs)

In this section you will find laws and regulations, circulars, communications and other information useful to settlement institutions.

For the entire collection of documents relating to this supervisory area, please consult the French or Dutch site.
You can, however, consult a selection of documents in English:

Legislation
- European Regulation CSDs
  
  Link to the ESMA website (CSDR, Settlement Finality Directive, T2S)
  
  23/07/2014
  Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 (Text with EEA relevance)(1.19 MB)
- Laws
  
  02/08/2002
  Articles 2, 22 and 23, 33 until 37 and 41 until 43 of the law of 2 August 2002 on the supervision of the financial sector and on financial services(451.34 KB)
  (Unofficial consolidated version: 07/2013)
- Royal Decrees
  
  11/06/2015
  Royal Decree of 11 June 2015 designating the competent authority responsible for the authorization and supervision of central securities depositories(33.52 KB)
Circulars and communications
- Other documents
  
  26/06/2015
  Assessment of the ESES CSDs/SSSs against the CPMI-IOSCO Principles for FMIs(65.21 KB)
  
  The FSMA has notified to comply with the guidelines and recommendations issued by ESMA regarding the implementation of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures in respect of Central Counterparties
- ESMA Guidelines
  
  08/08/2017
  FSMA_2017_12
  Guidelines on access by a CSD to the transaction feeds of CCPs and trading venues(343.49 KB)
  Access by a CSD to the transaction feeds of CCPs and trading venues(1.01 MB)
Cooperation agreements concluded between the NBB and the FSMA

01/02/2013
Addendum to the cooperation protocol between the NBB and the FSMA in the field of supervision and oversight of market infrastructures(8.48 KB)

18/10/2012
Cooperation protocol between the NBB and the FSMA in the field of supervision and oversight of market infrastructures(47.33 KB)

Reports of infringements

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