02 August 2024 | News | MiCA Regulation: AMF now accepting applications for authorisation as a CASP With six months to go until entry into application of the provisions on crypto-asset services under the European MiCA Regulation, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has now begun to accept applications for authorisation to become a crypto-asset service provider from 1 July 2024. In anticipation of the upcoming entry into application, find… … MiCA Regulation: AMF now accepting applications for … authorisation … From 30 December 2024, the European MiCA Regulation will require market participants wishing to … around custody of funds and segregation of assets. MiCA also imposes specific obligations depending on the type … |
11 July 2024 | News | The AMF publishes the summary of responses received to its Discussion Paper on Decentralised Finance Following the publication of its discussion paper on decentralised finance (DeFi) in June 2023 that invited stakeholders to provide comment, the AMF is publishing a summary of the responses received, while reminding of the continued regulatory work taking place at the European and International levels, and detailing the next stages of its proposed… … the European level, following the entry into force of the MiCA regulation, the European Commission will produce a … |
17 June 2024 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - Publication of the AMF's Annual Report 2023 - Thursday 23 May 2024 … heavily involved in the European work on implementing the MiCA Regulation on crypto-assets. It is planned that the … |
05 June 2024 | AMF news release | AMF Ombudsman publishes her 2023 Annual Report Marielle Cohen-Branche, Ombudsman at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has presented her report for the past year at a press conference. The number of applications submitted to her, as well as the number of cases closed remained very high, but stable. Disputes relating to share savings plans (PEAs) were still the top reason for referral… … one hundred at the end of 2023. In application of the MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) regulation, all digital asset … |
27 May 2024 | AMF news release | AMF publishes its 2023 Annual Report At the presentation of the annual report to the press, the Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, highlighted the progress made by the regulator in 2023 in line with its Impact 2027 strategic guidelines, and its determination to stay on track in 2024. … to the future framework for crypto-asset markets when the MiCA Regulation comes into force on 30 December 2024. … Being … |
12 February 2024 | News | The European single access point for financial and non-financial information on European entities (ESAP) enters its implementation phase The ESAP regulation and associated texts have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The regulation provides for the access point to be operational from 10 July 2027 at the latest. Some of the technical characteristics of the project are submitted to public consultation until 8 March 2024. … (EU) 2023/2631 (EU GB) Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) … Read more … Consultation on draft ITS specifying … |
26 January 2024 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - New Year address to the financial centre - Thursday 18 January 2024 … of the European regulation on cryptoassets, the MiCA regulation. We encourage interested service providers to … as early as possible, and we support them in doing so. The MICA regulation will enable cryptoasset service providers to … the ESMA, to draw up the implementing regulations for the MiCA regulation, and also to strengthen practical exchanges … |
18 January 2024 | AMF news release | The AMF publishes its action plan and supervisory priorities for 2024 Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chairwoman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), outlined the AMF’s priorities for the coming twelve months to the press, in line with the “Impact 2027” strategic guidelines defined in 2023. All these priorities reflect the AMF’s commitment to strive each day to protect investors and enhance the attractiveness of… … out a plan for the transition towards the more stringent MiCA European authorisation for digital asset service … |
19 December 2023 | Public statements | Closing speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - 20 years of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers - Thursday 23 November 2023 … and investor-protective regulation under the European MICA Regulation. We are already taking part in discussions on … in the crypto world, which could take the form of a "MICA 2" regulation in Europe. We also need to strengthen our … |
20 October 2023 | Public statements | Speech by Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, AMF Chair - Fintech AMF-ACPR Forum, Monday 16 October 2023 … Europe has decided to go down the path of regulation with MiCA, which requires compulsory authorisation of crypto-asset … that this ecosystem is now at a regulatory crossroads. MiCA approval is an important step forward. It is not certain … in the new upcoming era of crypto regulation with MiCA, and we will continue to support stakeholders in this … |
