EBI Regulatory Report #264

EBI Report
on
Economic Policy and Financial Regulation Measures:
International, EU and Euro Area Levels
(04 July 2026)

Professor Dr. Christos V. Gortsos and Daphne Farmaki
(Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

 
Key developments during the week 29 June – 3 July
3 July
  • ESMA: launch of Common Supervisory Action with NCAs on the Risk Management Function
  • ESMA: reminder to firms of existing rules and obligations under binary option measures amid growing popularity of prediction markets globally

2 July

  • EBA: Targeted peer review finds high compliance on Pillar 3 disclosures but calls for greater consistency
  • ESMA: identification of up to €1 billion in potential annual savings from simplifying EU transaction reporting
1 July
  • OECD: Large companies need to turn commitments to responsible business conduct into action
  • OECD: Digital trade accounted for one quarter of total trade across the OECD in 2023
  • ESMA: recognition of the Clearing Corporation of India Limited as a Tier 1 third-country CCP
  • EIOPA: consultation on enhancements to insurance corporate disclosures under EU Taxonomy for environmentally sustainable activities
  • ESMA: consultation on simplifying EU Taxonomy disclosure framework
  • EBA: consultation on key performance indicators of Taxonomy disclosures
30 June
  • EBA: EU deposit guarantee scheme funds to protect depositors against bank failures continue to grow and have reached a volume of €85bn
  • SRB: 2025 Annual Report stresses progress on crisis readiness
  • EIOPA: peer review follow-up shows progress in product oversight and governance supervision
  • EBA: clarification of its Product Oversight and Governance Guidelines which address greenwashing risks in ESG products
29 June
  • European Stability Mechanism (ESM): Bulgaria joins ESM as its 21st Member
  • ECB/SSM: ECB sanctions Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) for breaching ECB decision on internal models
  • EBA: publication of 2025 Report on supervisory convergence, supporting a simpler and more efficient EU prudential framework
  • EBA: publication of a roadmap on the delivery of its mandates under the revised Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive (DGSD)
  • SRB: introduction of a new procedure for faster approval of early redemptions of MREL instruments

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