HM Treasury has published a draft of the Trade Repositories (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, along with explanatory information. The draft Regulations are primarily relevant for Trade Repositories in both the U.K. and the EU that are currently registered with and supervised by the European Securities and Markets Authority and that are planning to continue servicing the U.K. market after the U.K.'s exit from the EU on March 29, 2019.

The draft Regulations have been prepared to ensure that the U.K.'s legal framework for reporting of derivatives trades to TRs will continue to operate effectively after exit day. The draft Regulations amend the version of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation that will be retained on Brexit. The draft Regulations transfer to the Financial Conduct Authority the functions carried out by ESMA for the registration of TRs. They also establish: (i) a temporary registration regime that will enable U.K. and EU TRs that wish to establish a new U.K. legal entity to benefit - on complying with certain requirements - from temporary registration while the FCA considers their application; and (ii) a conversion regime that will allow U.K. TRs that are currently registered with ESMA to be registered as authorized U.K. TRs by the FCA from exit day.

HM Treasury intends to lay the draft Regulations before Parliament in the Autumn. Further draft legislation on TR requirements and supervision of TRs is also expected to be published by HM Treasury later this year.

View the draft Regulations.

View the explanatory information.