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AI Summary of Article 10 Regulatory technical standards

Where the European Parliament and the Council delegate powers under Article 290 TFEU, the Authority may draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and must submit them to the Commission, while forwarding them for information to the European Parliament and the Council. RTS must be technical, not imply strategic or policy choices, and be confined to the enabling legislative acts. Before submission the Authority shall carry out open public consultations and cost–benefit analysis unless disproportionate or urgent, and shall request advice from the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group.

Within three months the Commission shall decide whether to adopt the draft; it may adopt, adopt in part or with amendments, or return it with reasons, copying the European Parliament and the Council. The Authority has six weeks to submit an amended draft as a formal opinion; absent amendment the Commission may adopt with its amendments or reject. If the Authority fails to meet time limits the Commission may request a draft and, failing that, adopt an RTS itself. RTS are adopted by regulation or decision, must be titled "regulatory technical standard", published in the Official Journal and enter into force on the stated date.

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Article 10 Regulatory technical standards

1. Where the European Parliament and the Council delegate power to the Commission to adopt regulatory technical standards by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 290 TFEU in order to ensure consistent harmonisation in the areas specifically set out in the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, the Authority may develop draft regulatory technical standards. The Authority shall submit its draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission for adoption. At the same time, the Authority shall forward those draft regulatory technical standards for information to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Regulatory technical standards shall be technical, shall not imply strategic decisions or policy choices and their content shall be delimited by the legislative acts on which they are based.

Before submitting them to the Commission, the Authority shall conduct open public consultations on draft regulatory technical standards and shall analyse the potential related costs and benefits, unless such consultations and analyses are highly disproportionate in relation to the scope and impact of the draft regulatory technical standards concerned or in relation to the particular urgency of the matter. The Authority shall also request the advice of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group referred to in Article 37.

Within three months of receipt of a draft regulatory technical standard, the Commission shall decide whether to adopt it. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council, in due time, where the adoption cannot take place within the three-month period. The Commission may adopt the draft regulatory technical standard in part only, or with amendments, where the Union's interests so require.