ESMA requires net short position holders to report positions of 0.1% and above

Official name

ESMA DECISION of 16 December 2020 renewing the temporary requirement to natural or legal persons who have net short positions to lower the notification thresholds of net short positions in relation to the issued share capital of companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market to notify the competent authorities above a certain threshold in accordance with point (a) of Article 28(1) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Type

Order/Decision

Level 2

Initiator

ESMA

Submitted

16.03.2020

Doc. code

ESMA70-155-11608; 2021/272

Summary

Status

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Current version

Final version

16.12.2020

Next step

Entry into force

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Application date

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Scope

Relevant for

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Level 1

Short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (Short Selling Regulation - SSR) (binding, Main version, EU)

Level 2

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Level 3 / Other

National Short Selling Measures (Covid-19 period) (non-binding, EU)

ESMA requires permament report of net short positions of 0.1% and above (non-binding, EU)

NSPs under the new reporting threshold (non-binding, EU)