EC adopts RTS on Market Abuse under MiCAR

The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in cryptoassets (MiCAR), with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the arrangements, systems and procedures for persons to prevent, detect and report market abuse, the templates to be used for reporting suspected market abuse and the coordination procedures between competent authorities for the detection and sanctioning of market abuse in cross-border market abuse situations. Article 92(1) of MiCAR mandates that persons professionally arranging or executing transactions (PPAETs) in cryptoassets must have effective arrangements, systems and procedures to prevent and detect market abuse. These persons are required to report any reasonable suspicion of market abuse to the competent authority. This includes suspicions regarding an order or transaction, as well as other aspects of the functioning of the distributed ledger technology, where there may be indications that market abuse has been committed, is being committed or is likely to be committed. The Council of the EU and the European Parliament will now scrutinise the Delegated Regulation. The Delegated Regulation will enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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