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The French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) confirms its compliance with European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) guidelines regarding the standardised forms, formats, and templates required for applications to operate a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) market infrastructure. These guidelines apply to competent authorities under Regulation (EU) 2022/858 and to applicants seeking specific authorisations to operate DLT market infrastructures. Consequently, the document is relevant to legal persons subject to Articles L. 421-10 and L. 441-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
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ESMA Guidelines on Standardised Forms, Templates and Formats to be Used for Applications for Authorisation to Operate a DLT Market Infrastructure
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The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) complies with the guidelines of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) concerning the standardised forms, formats and templates to be used for applications for authorisation to operate a DLT market infrastructure. These guidelines are intended for competent authorities, within the meaning of Article 2(21) of Regulation (EU) 2022/858, as well as for applicants for specific authorisations to operate DLT market infrastructures, within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/858. They therefore concern the legal persons referred to in Articles L. 421-10, II and L. 441-1, IV of the Monetary and Financial Code.
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Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology
Art. L.421-10, II of the Monetary and Financial Code
Art. L.441-1, IV of the Monetary and Financial Code On the same theme
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Publisher: The Director of the AMF Communication Department. Contact: Communication Department, Autorité des Marchés Financiers - 17, place de la Bourse - 75082 Paris Cedex 02
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