The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has announced that it has granted the French central securities depository, Euroclear France, its CSDR license under European regulation n° 909/2014 on central securities depositories, placing this entity under the European regulatory framework.
The regulation (EU) n° 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 (CSDR) provides an harmonised framework for authorisation and supervision of central securities depositories (CSDs).
Euroclear France authorisation was granted based on Eurosystem advice and the coordinated work with Banque de France.
The list of CSDs authorised to date under CSDR is available on ESMA’s website.