Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1291 of 12 June 2026 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014
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Article 1
The insider list referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall contain a section specific to each piece of inside information and shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with Template 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, persons who, due to the nature of their function or position, have access to all inside information at all times may be listed separately in a permanent insiders’ section of the insider list. That section shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with Template 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. Where a permanent insiders’ section is drawn up and kept up to date, the persons listed therein shall not be included in the section of the insider list referred to in paragraph 1.
The insider list referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall be kept in an electronic form that, at all times, ensures that:
| (a) | access to the insider list is restricted to clearly identified persons that need that access due to the nature of their function or position; |
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| (b) | the information included is accurate and kept up to date; |
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| (c) | previous versions of the insider list are accessible. |
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The competent authority shall specify on its website the electronic means by which the insider list referred to in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 is to be transmitted to the competent authority. Those electronic means shall ensure that the completeness, integrity and confidentiality of the information contained in that insider list are maintained at all times during the transmission of that list to the competent authority.
Issuers, emission allowance market participants, auction platforms, auctioneers, auction monitors and any person acting on their behalf or on their account shall retain the personal data relating to persons on the insider list that they draw up and update pursuant to Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 for no longer than five years after a person ceased to be on their insider list.
A competent authority that received an insider list transmitted pursuant to Article 18(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall retain the personal data relating to persons on that insider list for no longer than necessary for performing its supervisory tasks, subject to regular review of the need to retain those data.
Article 2
The insider lists referred to in Article 18(6), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with the Template set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
The insider lists referred to in Article 18(6), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall contain a section specific to each piece of inside information and shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with Template 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, persons who, due to the nature of their function or position within the issuer, have access to all inside information at all times may be listed separately in a permanent insiders’ section of the insider list. That section shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with Template 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. Where a permanent insiders’ section is drawn up and kept up to date, the persons listed therein shall not be included in the section of the insider list referred to in the first subparagraph.
The insider lists referred to in Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall be kept in any form that ensures that the completeness, integrity and confidentiality of the information contained in those lists are maintained at all times during the transmission of those lists to the competent authority.
Issuers whose financial instruments are admitted to trading on an SME growth market shall retain the personal data relating to persons on the insider list that they draw up and update pursuant to Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 for no longer than five years after a person ceased to be on their insider list.
A competent authority that received an insider list transmitted pursuant to Article 18(6), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall retain the personal data relating to persons on that insider list for no longer than necessary for performing its supervisory tasks, subject to regular review of the need to retain those data.
Article 3
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1210 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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| as of | 2026-06-12 → this publisher state was selected |
| publisher state | publisher version 2026-06-12 → latest held publisher-asserted |
| type | REG_IMPL Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1291 of 12 June 2026 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the format of insider lists, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1210 |
| language | en |
| published | 2026-06-12 |
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