ESMA publishes final report on replacement of RTS on the European Electronic Access Point

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report proposing the replacement of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1437, which sets out the regulatory technical standards (RTS) for the European Electronic Access Point (EEAP). The publication of the European Single Access Point (ESAP) Regulation and of the two Joint Committee implementing technical standards (ITS) on the ESAP make certain aspects of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1437 (the RTS on the EEAP) obsolete. It is therefore necessary to replace the RTS on the EEAP with an RTS whose content is aligned with the ESAP legislation to bring more legal certainty. The proposed RTS align the requirements which are currently in the RTS on the EEAP with the ITS on tasks of ESAP collection bodies and the ITS on ESAP functionalities, and therefore with the establishment of the ESAP project. It does this by cross-referring the relevant sections of the ESAP Regulation or of one of the two ITS. The report also includes a feedback statement following the consultation earlier this year. The draft RTS will now be submitted to the European Commission and are expected to apply from 10 July 2026.

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