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EU Guidance

ESAs publish first set of rules under DORA for ICT and third-party risk management and incident classification
ESAs published second batch of policy products under DORA
ESAs respond to the European Commission’s rejection of the technical standards on registers of information under the Digital Operational Resilience Act and call for swift adoption

MFSA Guidance

Update on the Guidance on Technology Arrangements, ICT and Security Risk Management, and Outsourcing Arrangements
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector – Legal Entity Identifier (‘LEI’) for Register of Information Reporting
Necessary Legal Measures Published for the Purposes of the National Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector
Commission Delegated Regulations under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector Published in the EU Official Journal (Update 1)
Second Set of Technical Standards under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector Submitted to the European Commission
Information Sharing Arrangements under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector
ESAs Joint Committee Public Consultation on the Harmonisation of Conditions Enabling the Conduct of the Oversight Activities under Article 41(1) Point (c) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector: ‘Dry-Run’ 2024 ad hoc Exercise on the Data Collection of Registers of Information
MFSA Minimum Expectations in Relation to Financial Entities’ Preparedness to Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience
Feedback Statement to Queries Raised by Consulted Stakeholders on Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience (the ‘DORA Regulation’)
First Set of Technical Standards under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector Submitted to the European Commission
Consultation Document on the National Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and Transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2556 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector
European Commission Public Consultation on Two Delegated Acts under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and Amending Directive (EU) 2022/2556 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector published on the EU Official Journal
Update and Benchmarking Exercise on Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 and Amending Directive (EU) 2022/2556 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector published on the EU Official Journal
Feedback Statement on the National Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2556 and Transposition of Directive (EU) 2022/2556 on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector

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