2024-01-24
The Securities Market Superintendence of Panama issued General Resolution SMV No. JD-1-24 to extend, solely for 2024, the submission deadlines for monthly and annual reports originally due on February 15 and March 31, 2024, respectively. The new deadlines are February 20 and April 3, 2024, accommodating office closures for Carnival and Holy Week, and the extension explicitly covers the annual Anti-Money Laundering self-assessment questionnaire. Regulated entities remain strictly obligated to immediately report any material events or circumstances affecting their operations or investors' rights, with false reporting remaining a serious offense under the Securities Market Law.
Promulgated in the Official Gazette No. 29964 on February 5, 2024. 1 REPUBLIC OF PANAMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS SECURITIES MARKET SUPERINTENDENCE General Resolution SMV No. JD-1-24 Of January 24, 2024 “Extending, solely and exclusively for the year 2024, the deadline for submission of monthly and annual reports by entities regulated and supervised by the Securities Market Superintendence, whose original submission dates fall on February 15, 2024 and March 31, 2024” The Board of Directors of the Securities Market Superintendence, in exercise of its legal powers, and CONSIDERING: That Law 67 of September 1, 2011 amended Decree-Law 1 of July 8, 1999 and created the Securities Market Superintendence as an autonomous State entity, with legal personality, its own assets, and administrative, budgetary, and financial independence. That the Board of Directors, in accordance with Articles 5, 6, 10 (items 1, 5, and 20), 19, and 20 of the Consolidated Text of the Securities Market Law (hereinafter: Consolidated Text), acts as the Highest Consultative, Regulatory, and Policy-Setting Body of the Securities Market Superintendence and among its attributes is to adopt, amend, and revoke agreements that develop the provisions of the Securities Market Law, as well as to issue resolutions of general application, which must be published in the Official Gazette and shall take effect from their promulgation, unless the Board of Directors establishes another date. That the Securities Market Superintendence, by virtue of Article 3 of the Consolidated Text, has the general objective of regulating, supervising, and overseeing securities market activities conducted in or from the Republic of Panama, promoting legal certainty for all market participants and guaranteeing transparency, with special protection of investors' rights. That, for the supervision of securities market activities, the Consolidated Text establishes the obligation to report information to the Securities Market Superintendence by its regulated entities, whether licensed or registered; furthermore, it attributes to the Securities Market Superintendence the authority to determine the format and frequency of such reports. That, in this regard and through Agreement No. 13-2022 of December 14, 2022, the forms and reports to be submitted to the Securities Market Superintendence by its regulated entities are listed. That the Securities Market Superintendence, in development of the provisions applicable to financially obligated entities supervised pursuant to Law 23 of April 27, 2015, adopted the “Self-Assessment Questionnaire for the Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, and Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” through Agreement 2-2019 of August 21, 2019, establishing its annual reporting frequency and submission no later than March 31 of each year. That in Executive Decree No. 3 of January 10, 2024, promulgated in the Official Gazette 29946-A on January 10, 2024, the closure of public and municipal offices throughout the national territory was ordered for Monday, February 12, and Wednesday, February 14, 2024, for the entire day, due to the celebration of Carnival. That the Securities Market Superintendence, in accordance with Executive Decree No. 3 of January 10, 2024, communicated the closure of its offices on Monday, February 12, and Wednesday, February 14, 2024, for the entire day, and adopted a special schedule from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from January 15 to 31, 2024, and from February 1 to 5, 2024, to compensate for the hours corresponding to the regular workday. That the Board of Directors of the Securities Market Superintendence has taken into consideration that, for the year 2024, the final days of the deadline for the submission of monthly and annual reports by its regulated and supervised entities coincide with Carnival activities and the commemoration of Holy Week, and therefore has decided to extend their submission deadline. That it is important to keep in mind the provisions of Article 251 of the Consolidated Text, regarding the prohibition of making, or causing to be made, false or misleading statements in a report or any other document submitted to the Superintendence; without prejudice to the fact that this constitutes a very serious offense under Article 269 (item 1, letter e) of the Consolidated Text. Therefore, the Board of Directors of the Securities Market Superintendence, in exercise of its legal powers, RESOLVES: ARTICLE ONE: EXTEND, solely and exclusively for the year 2024, the deadline for the submission of the following monthly and annual reports by entities regulated and supervised by the Securities Market Superintendence, as follows: