ESMA programme shows no timeline for EMIR position reporting

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2014 regulatory work programme which sets out ESMA’s regulatory work schedule including:

• technical standards under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive;
• 5 pieces of work on the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) including:
  • Regulatory technical standards on bilateral margins (Q3/4), determining the clearing obligation (mid 2014);
  • Review of the data reported to trade repositories and the format and frequency of reports (timing unknown); and
  • Guidelines on derivative reporting: Reporting of OTC cleared derivatives; UTI/UPI; position reporting; collateral and valuations (timing unknown);
• 102 mandatory and 5 discretionary pieces of work including 67 technical standards to be issued under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID); and
• 10 items of technical advice, guidelines and recommendations under the Capital Requirements Directive.

Related link:

http://www.esma.europa.eu/node/70035