Source: https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/MARKET/MIFID_II_ancillary_activity_exemption
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 02:17:40+00:00

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Information of Polish Financial Supervision Authority on exemption from the application of the MIFID II Directive in relation to the ancillary activity in commodity derivatives, emission allowances or derivatives, where the underlying is emission allowances (referred to in Article 70(1)(10) and art. 70(1f) of the Act on trading in financial instruments and in art. 2(1)(j) of the MIFID II).
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (hereinafter the “PFSA”) informs that on 21st April 2018, the Act of 1st March 2018 amending the act on trading in financial instruments and certain other laws (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 685) implementing the MiFID II package entered into force in the Polish legal order and amended the Act of 29th June 2005 on trading in financial instruments (Journal of Laws of 2017, item 1768, as amended) (hereinafter the "Act").
Article 70(1)(10) and art. 70(1f) of the Act implement the principles of using the exemption, referred to in art. 2(1)(j) of the MIFID II directive including fulfilment of a condition of informing the supervisory authority about intention to make use of the exemption basing on the criterion of the ancillary activity.
The PFSA informs that the provisions of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2017/592 of 1st December 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the criteria to establish when an activity is considered to be ancillary to the main business (Journal of Laws of the EU, L series of 2017, item 87, p. 492) (hereinafter the „Regulation”), contain a methodology to carry out relevant calculations that will allow to assess the fulfilment (or not) of the conditions for the exemption (an ancillary nature of the activity in relation to the main business).
Since both the Regulation and the Act do not specify what data the information about the intention to use the exemption based on ancillary activities should contain, the PFSA has prepared an exemplary notification form available here. At the same time, the PFSA informs that in order for the notification to be legally acceptable, entities should submit the above information in the form indicated below at the earliest on the effective date of the above mentioned Act of 1st March 2018, i.e. on April 21, 2018.
3. The notification signed with a qualified electronic signature via: ePUAP or by e-mail to knf@knf.gov.pl.
Entities that have not yet commenced operations referred to in art. 70(1)(10) of the Act, and intend to commence such activity in 2018, should notify the PFSA of their intention to do so before performing these activities (the postmark date or the date of submitting the information to the PFSA in electronic form will serve as a proof).
Entities that are currently performing activities referred to in art. 70(1)(10) of the Act and intend to use the exemption in the next calendar year, should provide the PFSA with information about such intention within one month from the calculation referred to in art. 4 of the Regulation, but not later than until 30th April of the year in which they use this exemption.
Therefore, the deadline of 30th April for submitting the notification referred to above will start to be effective in 2019 only and in subsequent years. The updated notification should be submitted every year in case of renewing the exemption.
Even though, in case of entities which on 21st April 2018 were already performing activities referred to in art. 70(1)(10) of the Act, provisions of art. 70(1f) of the Act do not constitute direct obligation to notify KNF about the exemption in 2018, the Office of Polish Financial Supervision Authority recommends, however, that such a notification is made in 2018.

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