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11th October 2024

ESMA Launches its First Consolidated Report on Sanctions

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today released its first consolidated report on sanctions and measures.

Included within the report are data from 30 NCAs (National Competent Authority) from 2023, highlighting the number and value of fines administered across reporting regimes across the world.

From the data, interesting insights related to transaction reporting under EMIR and MiFID II are:

EMIR

  • A total of 22 sanctions/measures were imposed throughout 2023

  • Roughly 1 in 3 fines under EMIR were due to transaction reporting issues

  • The countries with organisations that received fines related to article 9 of EMIR were: Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg

  • Among the EMIR fines, Ireland received the biggest at €192,500

MiFID II

  • A total of 289 sanctions/measures were imposed throughout 2023

  • Administrative fines totalled over €18.2 million from 22 countries

  • Organisations from Iceland were fined over €7.7 million, 42% of the collective total fined under MiFID II

  • Organisations from 22 countries were found to have breached regulation: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain

Download the report and spreadsheet here - https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-publishes-first-consolidated-report-sanctions