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European Securities and Markets Authority

ESMA · EU-level supervisory authority

Pariswww.esma.europa.eu
EU-level mandate
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Employees

358

FY2025

Annual budget

€85.4M

FY2025 (final budget)

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.

Regulated sectors

Investment firmsAsset managersCrypto-asset service providersSecurities marketsMarket infrastructure

Leadership

  • Verena RossChair · since 2021
  • Natasha CazenaveExecutive Director · since 2021

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

Data as of 2026-06-15 · Source: www.esma.europa.eu (authority website) + ComplyBridge researchActivity Index methodology →

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