Technical standards relating to the UK Central Securities Depository Regulation (UK CSDR) and the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR)

The page provides a list of technical standards and amending instruments for UK CSDR and UK EMIR. The framework is in the process of revision and will be updated as relevant as this process takes place.

UK CSDR technical standards

Relevant legislation  Description  Amending instrument(s) 
Technical standards on certain prudential requirements for central securities depositories and designated credit institutions offering banking-type ancillary services.   
Technical standards further specifying the content of the reporting on internalised settlements.
Technical standards on authorisation, supervisory and operational requirements for central securities depositories.
Implementing technical standards on the templates and procedures for the reporting and transmission of information on internalised settlements.
Implementing technical standards on standard forms, templates and procedures for authorisation, review and evaluation of central securities depositories, for the cooperation between authorities of the home Member State and the host Member State, for the consultation of authorities involved in the authorisation to provide banking-type ancillary services, for access involving central securities depositories, and on the format of the records to be maintained by central securities depositories.

UK EMIR technical standards

 

Relevant legislation  Description  Amending instrument(s) 
Supplementary capital requirements for central counterparties. 
Supplementary requirements for central counterparties for rules in EMIR Titles III and IV. 
Implementing technical standards on the hypothetical capital of a central counterparty.
Implementing technical standards with details of the records and information to be kept by central counterparties, and the format of records and information. 
Technical standards on indirect clearing arrangements, the clearing obligation, the public register, access to a trading venue, non-financial counterparties, and risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a CCP. 
Technical standards to set criteria for determining when an OTC derivative contract may be considered to have a direct, substantial and foreseeable effect, and cases where it is necessary or appropriate to prevent the evasion of EMIR rules and obligations. 
Technical standards to determine the classes of interest rate OTC derivatives that should be subject to the clearing obligation. 
Technical standards to add additional classes of interest rate OTC derivatives to be subject to the clearing obligation. 
Technical standards to determine classes of credit OTC derivatives that should be subject to the clearing obligation. 
Technical Standards on the Minimum Details of the Data to be Reported to Trade Repositories. 
Technical Standards on the Standards, Formats, Frequency and Methods and Arrangements for Reporting. 

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This page was last updated 08 January 2026