MICA: publication of ESMA and EBA guidelines

30/07/2024

On June 27 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published joint guidelines on the suitability of members of the management body, and on the assessment of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings for issuers of asset reference tokens (ARTs) and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), under the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA).

These guidelines apply from 2 months after the date of publication of the guidelines in all EU official languages on the ESMA and EBA websites.