Joint EBA and ESMA Guidelines on the suitability assessment of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings in issuers of ARTs and in CASPs

  • Status: Final and translated into the EU official languages

The Joint EBA and ESMA Guidelines on the suitability assessment of shareholders or members, whether direct or indirect, with qualifying holdings in issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) provide competent authorities common methodology to assess the suitability of the shareholders and members with direct or indirect qualifying holdings for purposes of granting authorisation as issuers of ARTs or as CASPs, and for carrying out the prudential assessment of proposed acquisitions.

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Final Report on Joint EBA and ESMA Guidelines on suitability of management body and qualifying holdings under MiCAR

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Joint EBA and ESMA Guidelines on suitability of management body and qualifying holdings under MiCAR

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Annex I - Joint EBA and ESMA GL on the assessment of suitability MiCAR

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