EBI Regulatory Report #265

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

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

 
Key developments during the week 6 July – 10 July
 
10 July
  • Financial Stability Board (FSB): consultation on sound practices for the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)
  • ESMA: New Q&As
  • ESMA: launch of data collection under the First Phase of ESAP
  • ESMA: First Market Capitalisation Data for EU Member States

9 July

  • Eurogroup: Statement on the Euro area fiscal stance
  • EBA: release of the final technical package for its 4.3 reporting framework to support Third-Country Branches reporting and AML Authority risk assessment data collection
  • International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS): mid-year Global Insurance Market Report 2026 reflects insurance sector stability amid global uncertainty
  • ESMA: Third annual market Report on EU carbon markets

8 July

  • ECB/Eurosystem: Governing Council statement on macroprudential policies
  • BIS Innovation Hub: Project Insight – uncovering the complexities of global value chains
  • EBA: Opinion on the implementation of IFRS 18 in supervisory financial reporting to support consistency with IFRS requirements
  • ESMA: Technical Standards on CCP Admission Criteria Elements
  • ESMA: publication of preliminary findings on the Active Account Requirement and the first Annual Report of the Joint Monitoring Mechanism
  • ESMA: launch of Common Supervisory Action on CASPs’ Digital Operational Resilience for Custody
  • EIOPA: publication of 7 Guidelines and draft technical standards related to the IRRD
  • EIOPA: launch of consultation on IRRD draft technical standards covering the valuation of (re)insurers in the context of resolution

7 July

  • ECB/SSM: Addressing AI-enabled cybersecurity threats
  • EBA: final Guidelines on the authorisation of third-country branches under the CRD IV
  • ESRB: Warning of 25 June 2026 on systemic cyber risks stemming from frontier artificial intelligence models (ESRB/2026/3)
  • ESAs: support to ESRB warning on systemic cyber risks from frontier AI models

6 July

  • EBA: 2025 loss data for immovable property markets under Article 430a of the CRR
  • ESMA: selection of Etrading Software (Netherlands) B.V. as Consolidated Tape Provider for OTC Derivatives

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