Responding to this paper

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) invite responses to the questions listed in this Consultation Paper on the amendments to the EMIR Clearing Obligation under the Securitisation Regulation.

All contributions should be submitted online at www.esma.europa.eu under the heading ‘Your input - Consultations’.

Please follow the instructions given in the document Reply form for the Consultation Paper on the Amendments to the EMIR Clearing Obligation under the Securitisation Regulation also published on the ESMA website.

Comments are most helpful if they:

• respond to the question stated;

• indicate the specific question to which the comment relates;

• contain a clear rationale; and

• describe any alternatives the ESAs should consider.

Please note that the length of the consultation period has been set to six weeks as the scope of this consultation paper is relatively limited. The ESAs will consider all comments received by 15 June 2018.

Publication of responses