Commission Sub-Committee's report on Harmonization of Primary Dealers’ Activity Reports

09 January 2006

The National Treasuries of the euro area have agreed on a harmonized format for primary dealers to report on their activity in the euro-denominated government securities market from January 2006 onwards. The harmonized reporting format has been developed by the EFC Sub-Committee on EU Government Bonds and Bills Markets in co-operation with the European Primary Dealers Association (EPDA) which has approved in September 2005.

The format is described in the Report by the Sub-Committee including a number of annexes, which have been updated in November 2005 and January 2006.

Summary
Sub-committee's Report
Annex 1: Reporting templates
Annex 2: Counterparty definitions
Annex 3: Technical specifications (1)
Annex 4: Appendix 1 – Internal & external counterparty overview
Annex 5: Appendix 2 - country listing
Annex 6: Additional reports
Annex 7: Additions or changes to previously published material
Annex 8: Queries and responses

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