ESMA_QA_2371
Status: ✅ Answer Published
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Regulatory Context
Regulation : UCITS
Level 1 Regulation: Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS) Directive 2009/65/EC
Level 2 Regulation: UCITS - Directive 2010/43/EU on organisational requirements, conflicts of interest, conduct of business, risk management and content of the agreement between a depositary and a management company
Level 3 Regulation: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (ESMA34-1592494965-657)
Topic: Funds’ names
Subject Matter: Guidelines on funds’ names
Question
Submission Date: 13 December 2024
How should the exclusions related to controversial weapons referred to in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 be interpreted for different types of controversial weapons?
ESMA Answer
Answer Date: 13-12-2024
For the purpose of applying the exclusions referred to in paragraphs 16-18 of the Guidelines related to Article 12(1)(a) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 (companies involved in any activities related to controversial weapons), national competent authorities may, in the absence of any other clarification in that Delegated Regulation, refer to the list of controversial weapons provided in indicator 14 of Table 1 of Annex I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288, namely “anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions, chemical weapons and biological weapons”.
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