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Modernizing Settlement Finality for the Digital Age

Summary

This draft report proposes a new EU regulation to modernize financial settlement rules and integrate technologies like Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). It aims to replace existing directives with a unified regulation to increase legal certainty across the Union.
10 11.06.2026
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finance
economy
administrative law
information technology and data processing

Key points

  • Transition from a Directive to a directly applicable Regulation to ensure uniform rules across the EU.
  • Integration of modern market infrastructures, including Distributed Ledger Technology and tokenized assets.
  • Refinement of legal definitions for key terms such as final settlement and collateral security.
  • Clarification of the liability and accountability of system operators, especially in decentralized networks.
Documents (PDFs)
DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on settlement finality and repealing Directive 98/26/EC and amending Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements
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