The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has published a report proposing amendments to the European Commission's proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (CSDR) as regards shortening the securities settlement cycle in the EU from T+2 to T+1. The ECON amendments seek to address potential liquidity risks and the feasibility of further shortening to the cycle to T+0 which some jurisdictions have already adopted. The ECON proposal includes amendments in relation to an exemption for securities financing transactions as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 (SFTR) given the non-standardised nature of this specific type of transaction. Please also see above on the approval of the Council's position regarding the move to T+1 which also includes amendments to provide for an exemption for securities financing transactions.
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