ESAs Joint Committee Public Consultation on the Second Set of Technical Standards under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector

Circular Triq l-Imdina, Zone 1 Central Business District, Birkirkara CBD 1010 +356 2144 1155 communications@mfsa.mt www.mfsa.mt ESAs Joint Committee Public Consultation on the Second Set of Technical Standards under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector This circular is an update to Circular titled Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and Amending Directive (EU) 2022/2556 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector published on the EU Official Journal published by the Authority in January 2023. As detailed by the latter circular, Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (“the Regulation”) is to be supplemented by, inter alia, a series of Technical Standards and Guidelines. Following an interinstitutional drafting process by the European Supervisory Authorities (”ESAs”), the first set of Technical Standards with a delivery deadline of January 2024 was open for public consultation between June and September 2023, as detailed by Circular titled ESAs Joint Committee Public Consultation on the First Set of Technical Standards under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector. The second set of Technical Standards with a delivery deadline of July 2024 is now open for public consultation. Financial entities and other interested stakeholders are invited to provide their feedback via the links provided by the ESAs on their websites as follows:

1. European Banking Authority
2. European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
3. European Securities and Markets Authority The deadline for the submission of comments is 4 March 2024. The ESAs will also be holding a public hearing, in the form of a webinar, on 23 January 2024 from 09:00hrs to 18:00hrs. More information as well as the webinar registration link can be found in any of the above listed ESAs links. Authorised Persons may request further information by sending an email to the Supervisory ICT Risk and Cybersecurity function on sirc@mfsa.mt. 11 December 2023