Reducing the Regulatory Burden – EU commission De-Prioritizes Non-Essential Regulation in Securities and Derivative Markets

The EU has a comprehensive legal framework, in which many of the rules are regulatory and implementing standards (RTS and ITS, Level 2) that supplement or specify the EU Regulations and Directives (Level 1). In the last legislature, Level 1 legal acts empowered the Commission to adopt around 430 Level 2 measures. A high volume of level 2 acts can lead to compliance costs and regulatory complexity for stakeholders, while demanding significant resources from co legislators to scrutinise them. In consultation with the EU co legislators, the Commission informed the three European Supervisory Authorities ESMA, EBA and EIOPA as well as the Anti Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) that it will not adopt these non essential acts before 1 October 2027. Where empowerments have legal deadlines, the Commission will propose to amend or repeal them during the upcoming revisions of the relevant Level 1 acts.