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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2088 32025R2088 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)
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Paragraph 1 now adds text stating that the Authority may, where appropriate, address the functioning of legislative acts in force in its opinions, including the appropriateness of removing redundant or obsolete reporting and disclosure requirements in Union law or national transposing measures.
A further added passage states that the Authority may consult relevant stakeholders on such opinions concerning legislative acts in force and take their input into account, and that the Commission may, after considering those opinions, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council.
Paragraphs 2 and 3, listed as differing, are unchanged in wording between the two versions shown.
Cited: Art. 16a, v2 (external, EUR-Lex) · Art. 16a, v1 (external, EUR-Lex)
v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.
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Previous version, in force 1 July 2025 02010R1095-20250701 → this version, in force 10 November 2025 02010R1095-20251110
Article 16a Opinions 1. The Authority may, upon a request from the European Parliament, from the Council or from the Commission, or on its own initiative, provide opinions to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on all issues related to its area of competence. In its opinions, the Authority may, where appropriate, address the functioning of legislative acts in force, including the appropriateness of removing any redundant or obsolete reporting and disclosure requirements in Union law or in measures of national law transposing Union law. To provide opinions on legislative acts in force, as referred to in the second subparagraph, the Authority may consult all relevant stakeholders specifically on that matter and take their input into account. The Commission may, after considering those opinions, where appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal. 2. The request referred to in paragraph 1 may include a public consultation or a technical analysis. 3. With regard to the prudential assessment of mergers and acquisitions falling within the scope of Directive 2014/65/EU and which according to that Directive require consultation between competent authorities from two or more Member States, the Authority may, at the request of one of the competent authorities concerned, issue and publish an opinion on a prudential assessment, except in relation to the criteria set out in in point (e) of Article 13(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU. The opinion shall be issued promptly and, in any event, before the end of the assessment period in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU. 4. The Authority may, upon a request from the European Parliament, from the Council or from the Commission provide technical advice to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission in the areas set out in the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2).