ESMA publishes a list of exempted shares according to the short selling regulation

04 October 2012

ESMA has published a Questions and Answers (Q&A) document that clarifies the technical aspects of practical implementation of the Regulation.

The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (EU) No 236/2012 (Regulation) will become applicable from 1 November, 2012.

According to the provisions of the Regulation, ESMA will have to provide for public access to certain types of information:

  1. significant net short position notification thresholds for each sovereign issuer;
  2. links to central websites operated or supervised by competent authorities where the public disclosure of net short positions is posted;
  3. The list of shares for which the principal trading venue is located in the third country;
  4. A list of market makers and authorised primary dealers;
  5. A list of existing penalties and administrative measures applicable in Member States.

Press release

List of exempted shares


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