Regulatory Alerts2022-03-24
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1650 amending technical standards on main indices and recognised exchanges
The European Commission amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1646 by replacing Annexes I and II to update the lists of main indices and recognised exchanges. New liquidity criteria are established for equity indices, requiring at least 80% of components to have a free float of EUR 25 million or market capitalisation of EUR 50 million, alongside specific minimum average daily turnover thresholds based on market capitalisation. The regulation also excludes exchanges established in the United Kingdom from the list of recognised exchanges and incorporates exchanges deemed equivalent to regulated markets under Directive 2014/65/EU. These changes enter into force on the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.