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In forceMarkets and infrastructureLast checked 13 November 2026

Active Account Requirement (AAR) reporting (EMIR Art 7b)

A regulatory return listed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), European Union.

Counterparties subject to the Active Account Requirement must periodically report on their compliance with it, so their competent authorities can check they hold active accounts at EU central counterparties for certain systemically important derivatives clearing services, as EMIR 3 requires. Source

The facts

Who files
Counterparties subject to the Active Account Requirement, reporting to their competent authorities (CAs) using the transmission channel each CA communicates, not to ESMA directly. Source
How often
Semi-annual, covering a 12-month reference period. Source
Deadline
Not stated on the page read beyond 'periodic reports... on a semi-annual basis'. Source
Format
CSV. CSV files, built to a shared template so every counterparty's report has the same layout, matching Annexes II and III of the AAR technical standards. Source
How it is filed
The format above is what the library records; what could not be verified is on the ESMA's page.
Status
In forceIntroduced under EMIR 3; the related AAR Regulatory Technical Standards (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/305) entered into force on 26 February 2026. Source
Group
Markets and infrastructure

Templates (4)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the ESMA's code in brackets.

  • Counterparty information (AAR-1)
  • Activities and risk exposures (AAR-2)
  • Compliance with the representativeness obligation (AAR-3)
  • Declaration on operational conditions (AAR-4)

ESMA names the reporting package as four templates covering these four subjects, plus a set of instructions to support completion; this library numbers them AAR-1 to AAR-4 for reference, as ESMA's own page does not give them short codes. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No published validation rules specific to the AAR templates were found on the page read. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Not stated on the page read. Source

Official documents (2)

The ESMA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

Knowing exactly what is collected, in what format and under which rules is the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.

Line4's own text, and the way Line4 has collected and arranged these records, are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Please credit: “Source: Line4 regulatory submissions library (CC BY 4.0), https://www.line4.ai”. The facts themselves belong to no one. The regulators' document titles, template names, quoted terms and documents belong to them and are not covered by this licence: see ESMA's reuse terms. This describes what regulators publish. It is not legal or regulatory advice: always rely on the regulator's own text. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any regulator.

Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), https://www.esma.europa.eu. The plain-English summaries are Line4's own; ESMA does not endorse this library.

Last checked 13 November 2026.