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European Securities and Markets Authority
ESMA · EU-level supervisory authority
Employees
~340
2024
Annual budget
€68M
2024
Supervised entities
~40 (directly supervised CRAs + TRs)
2024
Overview
The EU's securities and markets supervisor, one of the three European Supervisory Authorities. Direct supervisor of credit rating agencies, trade repositories, and (under MiCA) major crypto-asset service providers. Coordinates national competent authorities across the EU on MiFID, MiCA, CSDR, EMIR, prospectus regulation, and market abuse.
Mandate
Enhance investor protection and promote stable, orderly, and transparent EU financial markets.
Regulated sectors
Leadership
- Verena RossChair · since 2021
- Natasha CazenaveExecutive Director
Key legislation
ESMA Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
Founding Act
MiFID II / MiFIR
Markets in Financial Instruments
MiCA
Crypto-asset markets
EMIR / CSDR
Market infrastructure
Public registers
Application portals
Recent publications
- Annual Report 2024
2025-06-15
- MiCA Q&As
2024-12-19
ComplyBridge Intelligence
What we know from actually filing here.
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