2026-07-08
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The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) issued this Decision on July 7, 2026, mandating the reporting of over-the-counter transactions in debt financial instruments listed on regulated markets or Multilateral Trading Facilities. The regulation requires specific financial institutions and large institutional investors to report these transactions to the Zagreb Stock Exchange by the end of the trading day, ensuring immediate public disclosure. This Decision repeals previous regulations from 2018 and 2022, establishing updated transparency standards for the Croatian financial market.
Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency, pursuant to Article 13 and Article 15, point 1 of the Act on the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (Official Gazette numbers 140/05 and 12/12), at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on July 7, 2026, adopted the
DECISION
ON THE OBLIGATION TO REPORT TRANSACTIONS IN DEBT FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS CONCLUDED OUTSIDE REGULATED MARKETS OR MTFs
Article 1. (1) For the purposes of this Decision, certain terms have the following meanings:
Article 2. (1) A transaction in a debt financial instrument listed on a regulated market, concluded outside the regulated market or MTF, shall be reported to the Stock Exchange, unless it has already been reported to the Zagreb Stock Exchange d.d. as an APA, in which case the reporting obligation is considered fulfilled.
(2) The following persons, acting as sellers in the relevant transaction, are obligated to report the transaction referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to the Stock Exchange:
(6) The obligation under paragraph 1 of this Article does not apply to borrowing transactions based on financial instruments (for example, repo and reverse repo agreements, buy and sell back and sell and buy back, Lombard loans, and similar).
Article 3. Persons referred to in Article 2 of this Decision who report transactions concluded outside regulated markets or MTFs are responsible for the accuracy of the data on the reported transactions.
Article 4. (1) For bonds listed on a regulated market, persons referred to in Article 2 of this Decision shall report all concluded OTC transactions, regardless of the transaction value. (2) For commercial and treasury bills listed on a regulated market, persons referred to in Article 2 of this Decision shall report all concluded OTC transactions, regardless of the transaction value.
Article 5. The Stock Exchange is obligated to provide HANFA with a daily report on reported OTC transactions.
Article 6. (1) This Decision shall be published on HANFA's website. (2) This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. (3) With the entry into force of this Decision, the Decision on the Obligation to Report Transactions in Debt Financial Instruments Concluded Outside Regulated Markets or MTFs of July 26, 2018, as amended by the Decision on the Amendment of the Decision on the Obligation to Report Transactions in Debt Financial Instruments Concluded Outside Regulated Markets or MTFs of December 21, 2022, shall cease to be valid.
CLASS: 011-01/26-01/02 FILE NUMBER: 326-011-01/26-01/02-2
Zagreb, July 7, 2026
DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Anamarija Staničić