Directive (EU) 2024/790 is on the Banking & Capital Markets rulebook because its official title matches markets in financial instruments. Source: EUR-Lex and European Parliament procedure file; company-specific applicability still depends on your activities. Methodology
Directive (EU) 2024/790: what it means for Banking & Capital Markets
The Directive (EU) 2024/790 is part of the EU rulebook for banking & capital markets. Its subject matter covers markets in financial instruments — core to the sector. Here’s what the act does, why it’s on your radar, and how to see whether it affects your specific company.
- Act
- 32024L0790
- Type
- Directive
- Stage
- Procedure completed
- Dated
- 2024-02-28
- Procedure
- 2021/0384(COD)
- Lead committee
- ECON
What the act does
PURPOSE : to amend the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in order to enhance market data transparency. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the MiFID/MiFIR framework is the rulebook governing participation in European capital markets. It consists of a directive (Directive 2014/65/EU, MiFID II) and a regulation (Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, MiFIR). The Committee on Economic and Monetary…
Why it matters for Banking & Capital Markets
Banks, investment firms and capital-markets participants operate under the EU's prudential and markets rulebook. These are the core acts in scope.
Directive (EU) 2024/790 sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers markets in financial instruments. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.
Does the Directive (EU) 2024/790 apply to your company?
This act’s scope covers:
- markets in financial instruments
Does your business touch any of these?
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Primary sources
The act’s summary is the European Parliament’s own procedure record; the sector connection is the act’s stated subject matter. Lex shows the law and the grounded connection — not legal advice. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU). Methodology.