Letters

• Joint letter to EC on DAC6 deferral 20 April 2020
• Joint industry letter on withholding tax challenges 20 April 2020
• Joint trade association letter on the impact of COVID-19 on the further implementation of the Shareholder Rights Directive II  9 April  2020
• Joint letter to ESMA on Climate Benchmarks Level 2 requirements - 7 April 2020
• Joint Statement on Keeping European Markets Open 20 March 2020 - The undersigned associations are writing to emphasise the importance of keeping the European financial markets open during this extraordinary time of the COVID-19 health crisis.
• EFSA request for postponing the entry into force of SFTR 18 March
• Joint Trade Association Letter regarding Implementation of the CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime, 22 January 2020 - AFME, together with 13 other trade associations, have written to the European Commission and ESMA to highlight the impact of the implementation of the CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime on European capital markets.
• AFME letter to EU Finance Ministers on recommendations for Capital Markets Union, 19 November 2019
• Joint associations letter re CCP recognition and equivalence, November 2019
• Joint Trade Associations Letter on application date of regulation on sustainability disclosures, September 2019
• Brexit – Recognition of EEA derivatives trading venues under EMIR and MiFIR as they apply in the UK after Brexit, 08 April 2019
• AFME letter to VP Dombrovskis – Application of the share trading obligation in a no-deal Brexit scenario, 27 March 2019
• Joint Trade Associations Letter on the Equivalence of UK Trading Venues, 28 February 2019
• Joint Trade Association views on the ‘Review of the European System of Financial Supervision, 26 February 2019
• Joint letter to VP Dombrovskis – Temporary Equivalence and Recognition in relation to UK CCPs, 7 December 2018
• Joint letter to European Commission on the third country regime under the investment firm review, 8 November 2018
• Joint letter to EU Finance Ministers in response to proposals for an EU Digital Services Tax, 2 November 2018
• AFME letter to VP Dombrovskis – Preparations for a “no deal” Brexit scenario, 12 October 2018
• Cross-industry and standards development organisations open letter on the EU Cybersecurity certification framework proposal, 25 June 2018
• Joint letter to Commission calls for more ambition in Solvency II, 4 June 2018
  AFME and other trade associations representing insurance companies, investors, issuers and other market participants have sent a letter to the European Commission, calling for more ambition in their revisions of Solvency II.
• GFMA letter to ECB and Bank of England regarding technical working group on Brexit risks, 22 May 2018
• AFME letter to Bulgarian Presidency ahead of January ECOFIN discussions on NPLs in Europe, 19 January 2018
• Joint action on Article 29 Working Party, 13 July 2017
  Joint EU trade association letter sent to the European Commission and Chair of the Article 29 Working Party on the Article 29 Working Party stakeholder consultation expressing concerns about the short stakeholder consultations during the development of guidelines under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).