Article 21a
Accessibility of information on the European single access point
1.
From 10 July 2026, when making public any information referred to in Article 1(4) points (f) and (g), Article 1(5) first subparagraph, points (e) and (f), Articles 8(5), 9(4), 10(2), 17(2), 21(1), 21(9) and 23(1) of this Regulation, the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market, where relevant, shall submit that information at the same time to the relevant 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 (
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That information shall comply 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 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, the offeror, or the person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market, where relevant, to which the information relates;
(ii)
for legal persons, the legal entity identifier of the issuer, the offeror, or the person asking for admission to trading on a regulated market, where relevant, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859;
(iii)
for legal persons, 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), issuers, offerors, or persons asking for admission to trading on a regulated market that are legal persons shall 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 competent authority. The competent authority shall, to the extent possible, build upon the procedures and infrastructures designed and implemented in application of Article 25(6), of this Regulation.
4.
From 10 July 2026, for the purposes of making the information referred to in Article 42(1) of this Regulation accessible on ESAP, the collection body defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 shall be the competent authority.
That information shall comply 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)
(ii)
where available, the legal entity identifier of the issuer or, where applicable, of the offeror, 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 information submitted in accordance with paragraph 1, ESMA shall develop draft implementing technical standards to specify:
(a)
any other metadata to accompany the information;
(b)
the structuring of data in the information;
(c)
for which information a machine-readable format is required and, in such cases, which machine-readable format is to be used.
For the purposes of point (c), 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.
( 7 ) 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 (OJ L, 2023/2859, 20.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2859/oj).