It seems that there is no agreement between European Supervisory Authorities and non-financial market participants as regards draft Technical Standards on risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by a CCP under the Regulation on OTC derivatives, CCPs and Trade Repositories (the draft RTS).

There are grounds for applying certain regulatory guidance elaborated under financial instruments’ market abuse regime to wholesale energy products regulated by the REMIT Regulation. The best practice for the treatment of rumours seems to be good example.

These points might also be of relevance for emitters of greenhouse gases, considering interdependencies between electricity and carbon price curves and the future potential covering of emissions allowances by the financial instruments legislation.