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ESMA updates statements on the impact of Brexit on MIFID II/MIFIR and the benchmarks regulation

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has updated two statements on its approach to the application of key provisions of MiFID II/MiFIR and the Benchmark Regulation (BMR). The Impact of Brexit on MiFID II/MiFIR The Impact of Brexit on the BMR Today’s statements update previous ones issued in March 2019 and October 2019 reflecting ESMA’s approach, should the UK have left the EU under a no-deal Brexit. However, as the Withdrawal Agreement entered into force on 1...

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Withdrawal Agreement: European Commission sends letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom for breach of its obligations

The European Commission has today sent the United Kingdom a letter of formal notice for breaching its obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement. This marks the beginning of a formal infringement process against the United Kingdom. It has one month to reply to today's letter. Article 5 of the Withdrawal Agreement states that the European Union and the United Kingdom must take all appropriate measures to ensure the fulfilment of the obligations arising from the Withdrawal Agreement, and that they must...

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Financial stability: EU Commission adopts time-limited decision giving market participants the time needed to reduce exposure to UK central counterparties (CCPs)

The European Commission has today adopted a time-limited decision to give financial market participants 18 months to reduce their exposure to UK central counterparties (CCPs). A CCP is an entity that reduces systemic risk and enhances financial stability by standing between the two counterparties in a derivatives contract (i.e. acting as buyer to the seller and seller to the buyer of risk). A CCP's main purpose is to manage the risk that could arise if one of the counterparties defaults...

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Brexit has arrived: Where are we now? What happens next?

The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union on 1 February 2020. The two sides are now negotiating what form future relations will take. Here is the most important information. What has happened since 1 February 2020? A Withdrawal Agreement was negotiated before the UK left the EU in order to ensure that the main political and economic links between the EU and the UK were not severed from one day to the next upon departure. This Agreement has been in...

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Statement by Michel Barnier following Round 8 of negotiations for a new partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom

London, September 10 | By Michel Barnier The eighth round of negotiations on the future EU-UK partnership took place in London this week. The EU remains committed to an ambitious future partnership with the UK. This would clearly be to the benefit of both sides. Nobody should underestimate the practical, economic and social consequences of a “no deal” scenario. In order to maximise the chances of a deal, the EU has shown flexibility to work around the UK's red lines and find solutions...

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John Bruton | We need a full strength team on the pitch as Brexit reaches the endgame

It is increasingly likely that, unless things change, on 1 January 2021, we will have a no deal Brexit. The only agreement between the EU and the UK would then be the already ratified Withdrawal Agreement. There are only 50 working days left in which to make a broader agreement. The consequences of a failure to do so for Ireland will be as profound, and even as  long lasting, that those of Covid 19. A failure to reach an EU/UK Agreement...

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Vulcan Insight | UK Failure to Engage makes Agreement Unattainable, Barnier Says

The UK can’t have its cake and eat it too, so warned the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier during his address to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin on Tuesday. In his latest comments on the UK’s lack of engagement in negotiations over its future relationship with the European Union, Barnier stuck to the mantra that an EU-UK partnership was possible, “provided the conditions were right”. Frustration with the UK remains over its reluctance to guarantee...

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EU Commission: Getting ready for the end of the Brexit transition period

The Brexit transition ends December 31, 2020. In 5 months, the UK leaves Single Market and Customs Union. Changes are inevitable, with or without agreement on the new partnership. Companies and citizens must get ready. Even if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude a highly ambitious partnership covering all areas agreed in the Political Declaration by the end of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU acquis, the internal market and the Customs Union, at the...

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Vulcan Insight | With time running out, UK slowly starts engaging on Brexit Negotiations

As Brexit chief negotiators meet in London for their third round of restricted high-level discussions on the future EU-UK relationship, the UK Government is beginning to show signs of engagement, according to EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan. After leaving the EU’s political and decision-making sphere at the end of January, and ahead of its final departure from the Single Market, the EU and UK have been engaged in tense negotiations over their future social, economic and security relationship from 1...

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Arendt | Brexit: new status, new residence permits for UK nationals residing in Luxembourg

Under the transition period as foreseen by the Withdrawal Agreement, UK nationals may continue to reside in the EU without additional measures until 31 December 2020. With the end of the transition period fast approaching and as announced by the Luxembourg government, UK nationals residing in Luxembourg have begun to receive letters from the Immigration Directorate inviting them to prepare an application for a residence permit in Luxembourg. Key points on these new residence permits: Invitations are issued automatically to UK...

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