COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1227

of 12 November 2019

laying down implementing technical standards with regard to templates for the provision of information in accordance with the STS notification requirements

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (1), and in particular Article 27(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) To facilitate effective and harmonised notifications, information regarding securitisations meeting the requirements on simple, transparent and standardised criteria (STS) set out in Articles 19 to 22 and Articles 23 to 26 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 should be reported to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in a consistent format and in accordance with uniform standards.

(2) The provision of information in a harmonised format allows for efficient data collection by ESMA and facilitates consistency checks and assessment of completeness by investors and competent authorities. The format for each of the fields to be reported in a STS notification should therefore be specified and any information submitted to ESMA should be submitted electronically.

(3) This Regulation is based on the draft implementing technical standards submitted by ESMA to the Commission in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

(4) ESMA has conducted an open public consultation on the draft implementing technical standards on which this Regulation is based, analysed the potential related costs and benefits and requested the opinion of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group established by Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Templates for STS notification 1. The information referred to in Article 1(1)(a) and Article 1(2)(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1226 (3) shall be provided by means of the template set out in Annex I to this Regulation. 2. The information referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and Article 1(2)(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1226 shall be provided by means of the template set out in Annex II to this Regulation. 3. The information referred to in Article 1(1)(c) and Article 1(2)(c) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1226 shall be provided by means of the template set out in Annex III to this Regulation. 4. Where the information to be provided pursuant to this Article is not available or required due to the application of the transitional provisions laid down in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402, the notification shall state ‘Not applicable due to the application of transitional provisions’ in the relevant field or fields of the Annexes to this Regulation. 5. The information referred to in this Article shall be submitted in an electronic and machine-readable form. 6. The ‘Additional information’ referred to in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1226 shall be included in the field ‘Box to complete’ of Annexes I to III to this Regulation.

Article 2 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 November 2019. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35.

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84).

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1226 of 12 November 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council and laying down regulatory technical standards specifying the information to be provided in accordance with the STS notification requirements (See page 285 of this Official Journal).