On March 8, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper detailing its proposals to regulate bidding for emissions allowances on the UK auction platform under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) (the Consultation Paper).
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On July 16, a draft of the Financial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards etc.) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 was published. The publication of the draft regulations follows the making of the first delegated legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 earlier this month (discussed in the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of July 13, 2018) and provides one of the first indications of the UK approach to “onshoring” EU legislation as part of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit).
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On June 17, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued an opinion (Opinion) in relation to implementing technical standards (ITS) on the public disclosure of inside information under the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). The ITS were originally submitted to the European Commission (Commission) for approval in September 2015.
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