2017-01-01
The Czech National Bank issued this decree to establish the specific content, form, frequency, and deadlines for reporting obligations imposed on various capital market entities. It mandates daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual submissions of detailed data regarding transactions, client assets, financial situations, and organizational structures to ensure regulatory oversight. The regulation also defines the electronic submission methods, signature requirements, and procedures for correcting or disclosing information to the central bank.
1 !!!This translation is for information purposes only, it has no legal power.!!! 424 DECREE of 1 December 2017 on reporting duties of some entities operating on the capital market The Czech National Bank stipulates, under Article 199(2) of Act No 256/2004, on Capital Market Undertakings, as amended by Act No 204/2017, for the implementation of Article 16(7), Article 47(5), Article 50(8), Article 63(5), Article 71(5), Article 73f(7), Article 77(3), Article 90c(4) of this act, and under Article 41(3) of Act No 6/1993, on the Czech National Bank, as amended by Act No 227/2013: Article 1 Subject of regulation This decree stipulates the content, form, frequency, deadlines and method of preparing and submitting reports to the Czech National Bank by some entities operating on the capital market, both reports in connection with directly applicable European Union regulations1) and other reports to handle tasks of the Czech National Bank, as well as the submission and publication of other information by such entities. Article 2 Definition of terms For the purposes of this Decree, the following definitions shall apply: a) a report is a structured set of data created by the reporting entity; b) a data file is a set of electronically-grouped data with defined data structures; c) a reporting entity is:
a) FIM (CNB) 12-97 “Information on transactions in investment instruments for trading venues”; b) FIM (CNB) 40-97 “Information on orders on the trading venue”; c) FIM (CNB) 60-97 “Information on prices and volumes of transactions”; d) FIM (CNB) 70-97 “Information on indexes”; and e) REF (CNB) 40-97 “Information on participants to trading venue and settlement system with settlement finality”. (4) An operator of a settlement system shall prepare and submit a) no later than by the end of the business day after each operating day, the following reports:
(1) An investment firm that is not a bank or branch of a foreign bank, that is a responsible entity in the group of a financial holding entity, a responsible entity in the group of a foreign controlling credit institution, a responsible entity in the group of a mixed holding entity or a responsible entity controlled by a mixed holding entity, if the relevant provisions of the act governing supplementary supervision over financial conglomerates do not apply to such reporting entity, shall, each calendar year in accordance with the balance as of 1 January, prepare and, by 31 January, submit an OCP (CNB) 80-01 “Report on structure of consolidated group” report. (2) An entity specified in paragraph (1) shall also submit an OCP (CNB) 80-01 “Report on structure of consolidated group” without undue delay after it becomes a responsible entity or stops being a responsible entity. (3) In addition to a report under paragraph (1), a reporting entity shall submit the supplementary information specified in Annex 2 to this Decree. A reporting entity shall send such information to the Czech National Bank by a deadline identical to the deadline for submission of such report. (4) An investment firm that is not a bank or branch of a foreign bank, that is a responsible entity in the group of a mixed holding entity, shall prepare as of the last day of a calendar six-month period and, within 30 days of the end of the calendar six-month period to which it applies, submits an OCP (CNB) 72-02 “Report on transactions inside group of mixed holding entity”. The content of the reports is stated in Annex 3 to this Decree. Article 7 Submission of other information (1) A reporting entity under Article 2(c)(7), (10) and (11) shall submit to the Czech National Bank, no later than 30 days after the expiry of the relevant calendar quarter, information of the scope and in the structure in accordance with a legal regulation governing accounting on the results of its financial management in the previous quarter and also, with the exception of an operator of regulated market, on its financial situation as of the last day of the relevant calendar quarter. (2) If a reporting entity is obligated to submit to the Czech National Bank an annual report or consolidated annual report, it shall submit it in a manner under Article 9(3) and (4). (3) The operator of a settlement system shall submit information under paragraph (2) within 6 months of the end of a fiscal year. (4) Reporting entities under Article 2(c)(7) to (10) shall inform the Czech National Bank of: a) trading or operating days and changes thereto no later than 2 business days before the first day of the period to which the data and changes apply; b) classifiers and changes thereto used in reports under Article 4(3) and (4) no later than two business days before the trading or operating day to which the data and changes apply; and c) entities that had a qualified holding in them at the time the general meeting was held, within 30 days of the holding of a general meeting. (5) If a settlement system operator has a sole shareholder, it shall hand over information about this shareholder under paragraph 4(c) within 30 days of a decision by a shareholder exercising the powers of the general meeting.
(6) Reporting entitles under Article 2(c)(7) and (9) shall inform the Czech National Bank of the parameters of trading and changes thereto to the extent and in the structure in accordance with point 23 of Annex 1 to this Decree, no later than the end of the business day before the trading day to which the parameters and changes thereto apply. A change to the parameters that comes into effect during a trading day shall be reported without undue delay and the effective time of such change shall be stated. (7) A data reporting services provider shall inform the Czech National Bank of the types and scope of the services provided by providing a remote access to the system for publishing data on transactions. Article 8 Common provisions for preparing reports (1) When preparing reports, a reporting entity shall proceed in accordance with the Accounting Act and regulations implementing it4) or in accordance with international accounting standards, as set out by European Union law5) . (2) A reporting entity shall convert data expressed in a foreign currency, if required, into data expressed in the Czech currency using the exchange rate announced by the Czech National Bank for the date of preparation of the report, unless legal regulations governing accounting or prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment companies provide otherwise. For data in currencies for which the Czech National Bank does not announce exchange rates, a reporting entity shall use for conversion the legal regulations governing accounting. Article 9 Method and form of submitting information (1) A reporting entity shall submit to the Czech National Bank reports under Article 3 to 5 in electronic form as data messages in the structure of data files. (2) Data messages under paragraph (1) shall be handed over using equipment enabling access through an internet application or user interface of the collection system of the Czech National Bank. (3) A data message under paragraph (1) shall be signed by the reporting entity using a recognized electronic signature of the contact person. (4) Information under Articles 6 and 7 shall be submitted by the reporting entity in electronic form in the form of a data message to the Czech National Bank’s data box or to the e-mail address of the Czech National Bank’s registry with clear marking of the reporting duty. A data message sent to the e-mail address of the Czech National Bank’s registry must bear the contact person’s recognized electronic signature.
(5) If the size of the data message does not enable the submission of information under Article 7(2) in the manner under paragraph (4), it shall be sent by the reporting entity on a technical data medium to the Czech National Bank’s address. (6) A reporting entity that prepares and submits reports to the Czech National Bank in the manner under paragraph (1) shall state to the Czech National Bank the first names and surname, work address, telephone number and e-mail address of contact persons. The reporting entity shall notify the Czech National Bank of changes to such data without undue delay. Article 10 Corrections and changes to information submitted (1) If, after submitting information to the Czech National Bank, an error is detected or if a change is made to the data or the data are supplemented, the reporting entity shall submit to the Czech National Bank corrected, changed or supplemented information without undue delay. If the correction, change or supplementation of data affects data in other reports or reports for other time periods, a reporting entity shall also alter all such related reports. (2) If, based on an audit of the financial statements at a reporting entity, there are changes to data in reports prepared as of 31 December, the reporting entity shall resubmit such reports with the corrected values within 30 days of such changes. If the correction affects data in other reports or reports for other time periods, the reporting entity shall also correct all such related reports. (3) The corrected reports shall be submitted by the deadline according to paragraphs (1) and (2) in the manner determined in Article 9(1) and (2) together with information about the content and reason for the correction. Article 11 Disclosure of information An operator of a regulated market shall publish data about entities that had a qualified holding in it at the time of a general meeting or a decision of a sole shareholder exercising the powers of the general meeting, about entities controlling it and the size of their holdings in Czech in a manner enabling remote access, no later than 30 days after the day of a meeting or decision. Article 12 Temporary provisions The following shall be applied with regard to the duty to prepare and submit reports relating to the period before the date this Decree comes into effect: a) Decree No 235/2008, on reporting duties of the operator of a settlement system and the Central Securities Depository as amended before the effective date hereof; b) Decree No 236/2008, on reporting duties of the operator of a regulated market and the operator of a multilateral trading facility, as amended before the effective date hereof; c) Decree No 427/2013, on the submission of reports of an investment firms to the Czech National Bank, as amended before the effective date hereof.
Article 13 Cancellation provisions The following are hereby cancelled:
Annex 1 to Decree No 424/2017 Content of reports submitted by reporting entities to the Czech National Bank
FIM (CNB) 20-97, FIM (CNB) 30-97, FIM (CNB) 11-97 or a report under a directly applicable European Union regulation on reporting transactions. Data that was not reported to the Czech National Bank by the day the report was prepared, as well as changes to data about all entities reported by such date, shall be reported. The report shall contain data concerning the identification and classification of an entity. 6. FIM (CNB) 12-97 “Information on transactions in investment instruments for trading venues” The report shall contain data about transactions in investment instruments concluded in a trading venue and changes to them and data about whether the reporting entity also provides the Czech National Bank with reports under Article 3 also for other reporting entities. 7. FIM (CNB) 40-97 “Information on orders on the trading venue” The report shall contain data about the conditions and course of trading in all investment instruments accepted for trading on the market operated by the reporting entity. 8. FIM (CNB) 60-97 “Information on prices and volumes of transactions” The report shall contain data about prices and volumes of transactions as of the end of the business day for each individual type of trading venue and market as a whole, identification and the name of an investment instrument, data about periodical auctions, open positions in derivatives and the state of trading in accordance with the classifier of the trading venue operator. 9. REF (CNB) 40-97 “Information on participants to trading venue and settlement system with settlement finality” The report shall contain data about entities that became or stopped being a participant in a trading or settlement system or the reporting entity learned of a change to data provided about participants in a settlement system or on the trading venue. 10. FIM (CNB) 70-97 “Information on indexes” The report shall contain data about indexes calculated by the operator of a trading venue, such as the name and identification of the index, the name and identification of the investment instrument, the quantity of the investment instrument in the index, the price notation, the date of the last update of the composition, the date and time of the calculation and value of the index. 11. FIM (CNB) 50-97 “Information on settlement of transactions and transfers” The report shall contain data about transactions and transfers accepted for settlement on the operating day to which the report applies, on the method and state of settlement, on changes to all transactions accepted for settlement and on changes to the method and balance of settlement. 12. REF (CNB) 20-97 “Information on instruments accepted for settlement” The report shall contain data about investment instruments accepted for settlement on the operating day to which the report applies. Data about investment instruments that were not reported to the Czech National Bank by the day the report was prepared shall be reported. Changes to data in all investment instruments reported by the day the report is prepared shall also be reported. 13. MKT (CNB) 51-12 “Summary of securities held in client assets”
The report shall contain data about all securities that are held by a client, covering all securities broken down by individual clients, residents and non-residents. Identification and classification data concerning a security, issuer and client, as well as data about the security and data about maturity, shall be reported. 14. MKT (CNB) 52-12 “Summary of other investment instruments held in client assets” The report shall contain data about individual investment instruments other than securities recorded in the trading system of the reporting entity as client assets as of the last day of the reporting period broken down by clients, residents and non-residents. Identification and classification data concerning an investment instrument, issuer and client, and data about an investment instrument shall be reported. 15. MKT (CNB) 53-12 “Summary of funds held in client assets” The report shall contain a summary of funds that is recorded by the reporting entity as client assets broken down by clients, residents and non-residents. It shall also contain supplementary information about credits provided in the sense of the provision of a supplementary investment service for the purpose of enabling a transaction in an investment instrument in which the credit provider participates. Identification and classification information concerning a client, as well as information about funds and loans, shall be reported. 16. MKT (CNB) 54-12 “Summary of changes to the number of investment instruments held in client assets” The report shall contain information about all changes to the quantity of investment instruments owned by a client that are not shown in transaction reports. The report shall contain records of individual changes during the period in question. The reported changes shall not be netted out at any level (for example transactions, clients, time, currencies), each change shall be reported separately. In the event that a transaction leads, on the one hand, to a reduction in one instrument and an increase on the other, each of the changes shall be reported separately. Investment instruments shall be reported in the scope stipulated for such report. 17. MKT (CNB) 55-12 “Summary of changes in funds held in client assets” The report shall contain data about all changes to the quantity of funds owned by a client that are not shown in transaction reports, over the period in question. The changes in funds shall not be netted out at any level (volume, clients, time, currencies), each change shall be reported separately. 18. OCP (CNB) 48-04 “Organisational structure and persons with a qualified holding” The report shall contain basic identification and classification data about the reporting entity, the founder of a branch of a foreign investment firm, branches abroad, members of management bodies, contact persons for defined areas of activities. The report shall contain data about registered capital, voting rights, the number of their workers and organisational components. The report shall also contain basic identification and classification data about members with an interest in the registered capital or voting rights higher than 5%, including structured data about the size of the interest, basic identification and classification data about all entities with a qualified holding in the reporting entity, including structured data about the size of the interest and a qualified interest of the reporting entity in other legal entities.
Annex 2 to Decree No 424/2017 Supplementary information submitted with OCP (CNB) 80-01 report Together with the OCP (CNB) 80-01 report submitted for consolidated groups, the reporting entity shall submit the following information in text and graphical form:
Annex 3 to Decree No 424/2017 Content of OCP (CNB) 72-02 report