The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA"), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is clarifying details for some of the documents that future applicants will be expected to provide when participating in the selection process for Consolidated Tapes Providers ("CTPs").

To enhance the information exchange between supervisory authorities within the European Union, also across different parts of the financial sector, the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA"), European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") – collectively referred to as "ESAs")  have developed an ESAs F&P Information System.