Article 23a
Accessibility of information on the European single access point
1.
From 10 July 2026, Member States shall ensure that, when disclosing regulated information referred to in Article 21(1) of this Directive, the issuer or the person who has applied for admission to trading on a regulated market without the issuer’s consent shall submit that regulated information at the same time to the collection body referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article for the purpose of making it accessible on the European single access point (ESAP) established under Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 17 ).
Member States shall ensure that the regulated information complies with the following requirements:
(a)
be submitted in a data extractable format as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 or, where required by Union or national law, in a machine-readable format, as defined in Article 2, point (4), of that Regulation;
(b)
be accompanied by the following metadata:
(i)
all the names of the issuer to which the information relates;
(ii)
the legal entity identifier of the issuer, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(iii)
the size of the issuer by category, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (d), of that Regulation;
(iv)
the industry sector(s) of the economic activities of the issuer, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (e), of that Regulation;
(v)
the type of information, as classified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (c), of that Regulation;
(vi)
an indication of whether the information contains personal data.
2.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, point (b)(ii), Member States shall require issuers to obtain a legal entity identifier.
3.
For the purpose of making the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article accessible on ESAP, the collection body as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 shall be the officially appointed mechanism designated under Article 21(2) of this Directive.
4.
From 10 July 2026, Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Article 29(1) of this Directive is made accessible on ESAP. For that purpose, the collection body as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 shall be the competent authority pursuant to this Directive.
Member States shall ensure that the information complies with the following requirements:
(a)
be submitted in a data extractable format as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(b)
be accompanied by the following metadata:
(i)
all the names of the natural person or legal entity to which the information relates;
(ii)
where available, the legal entity identifier of the legal entity, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(iii)
the type of information, as classified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (c), of that Regulation;
(iv)
an indication of whether the information contains personal data.
5.
For the purpose of ensuring the efficient collection and management of regulated information submitted in accordance with paragraph 1, ESMA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to specify the following:
(a)
any other metadata to accompany that information, including the half-yearly financial report referred to in Article 5(1);
(b)
the structuring of the data and the machine-readable format applicable to the information referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph.
For the purposes of point (b), ESMA shall assess the advantages and disadvantages of different machine-readable formats and conduct appropriate field tests.
ESMA shall submit those draft implementing technical standards to the Commission.
Power is conferred on the Commission to adopt the implementing technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.
6.
Where necessary, ESMA shall adopt guidelines to ensure that the metadata submitted in accordance with paragraph 5, first subparagraph, point (a), are correct.
( 17 ) Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 establishing a European single access point providing centralised access to publicly available information of relevance to financial services, capital markets and sustainability (OL L, 2023/2859, 20.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2859/oj).