PART 3AMENDMENT AND REVOCATION OF RETAINED DIRECT EU LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1AMENDMENT OF THE EMIR REGULATION

Procedure for granting and refusing authorisation28

1

Article 17 is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1, omit “of the Member State where it is established”.

3

In paragraph 2, omit the second sentence.

4

In paragraph 3, omit the words from “and the members” to the end of the paragraph.

5

In paragraph 4—

a

for “notified as a system pursuant to Directive 98/26/EEC” substitute “a designated system as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality) Regulations 199917”;

b

omit from “The competent authority shall duly consider” to the end of the paragraph.

6

Omit paragraphs 5 and 6.