EU · MiFID II · TITLE V DATA REPORTING SERVICES · Section 1 Authorisation procedures for data reporting services providers

Article 61 MiFID IIProcedures for granting and refusing requests for authorisation

Deleted

Deleted by Directive (EU) 2019/2177; last in consolidated text 02014L0065-20211110.

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AI-generated What this provision does

Repealed. Set the procedure for authorising data reporting services providers: authorisation only once the authority was fully satisfied, based on a programme of operations, with a decision within six months of a complete application, and ESMA standards on the required information and forms. Authorisation now falls under MiFIR.

Amendments and application dates

Amending act	Change	Applies from
Directive (EU) 2019/2177	Provision removed	by 1 Jan 2022

Level 2: delegated and implementing acts

ITSReplaced (historical)Legal basis
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1110 of 22 June 2017 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the standard forms, templates and procedures for the authorisation of data reporting services providers and related notifications pursuant to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments
European Commission · 23 Jun 2017 · EUR-Lex
AI summaryITS on standard forms, templates and procedures for authorising data reporting services providers and for related notifications, such as changes to the management body. Repealed and replaced by Implementing Regulation 2025/1157; valid until 22 November 2025.
RTSReplaced (historical)Legal basis
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/571 of 2 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the authorisation, organisational requirements and the publication of transactions for data reporting services providers
European Commission · 31 Mar 2017 · EUR-Lex
AI summaryRTS on authorisation, organisational requirements and publication of transactions for data reporting services providers (APAs, CTPs and ARMs), covering governance, management body, conflicts, outsourcing, business continuity, security, error handling, CTP scope and APA publication details. Repealed and replaced by Delegated Regulation 2025/1143; valid until 22 November 2025.

Level 3: ESMA Q&As, guidelines and opinions

Q&AAnsweredInferred · 80%
ESMA_QA_1592: Timeline for approving connections to ARMs to NCAs
ESMA · 15 Nov 2017 · the ESMA website
AI summaryThe six-month deadline for deciding an ARM's authorisation includes approving and establishing its connectivity, and ESMA expects other competent authorities to which the ARM reports to approve connections within the same six months.

Commentary

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393 more documents relate to MiFID II as a whole without naming an article.

UK counterpart

UK transposition not traced in the FCA Handbook. It may sit in FSMA, the Regulated Activities Order or SI 2017/701, which are not yet mapped.

Version history

From 1 Jul 2016 to 1 Jan 2022
From 17 Sept 2014 to 1 Jul 2016

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