ESMA_QA_2310
Status: ✅ Answer Published
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Regulatory Context
Regulation : DORA
Level 1 Regulation: Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
Level 2 Regulation: No information available
Level 3 Regulation: No information available
Topic: Digital operational resilience testing
Subject Matter: Application of DORA to non-EU AIFMs of AIFs with EU investors
Question
Submission Date: 22 October 2024
The scope of DORA includes (Article 2(1)(k) “managers of alternative investment funds”. Such an entity is defined in Article 3(44) as “… a manager of alternative investment funds as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU”. It is noted that the definition does not extend to the need to be authorised or registered under Directive 2011/61/EU. As such this can be read as meaning that all managers (regardless of their jurisdiction) of alternative investment funds could potentially fall within scope of DORA.
ESMA_QA_2107 clarifies that a financial entity in the EU is subject DORA and that DORA does not directly apply to a non-EU entity providing services to an EU financial entity – although DORA may apply indirectly to the non-EU entity given that the “EU financial entity is expected to validate that the non-EU third-party provider does not prevent it to be compliant with DORA”.
Does the same principle apply to non-EU AIFMs that manage AIFs (regardless of where those AIFs are established) which have investors based in the EU i.e. DORA will not directly apply to such non-EU AIFMs, but may apply indirectly if such investors are financial entities in the EU who are directly subject to DORA?
ESMA Answer
Answer Date: 22-10-2024
Question seeks confirmation of a requirement already clearly set out in the regulation.
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