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The EU has added new third-country jurisdictions to the list (Bolivia and the British Virgin Islands) and delisted a number of others (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania).
The technical assessment conducted by the Commission concluded that Russia meets the criteria to be designated as a high‑risk third country.
The amended rules to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) proposed today will result in simpler and more usable information for investors, enabling them to make better informed choices.
The aim of the proposed measures is to strengthen both the demand for and the supply of supplementary pensions.
Interested parties can submit their contributions by 6 January 2025.
This equivalence decision ensures that from 1 January 2026, when new rules under BMR for third‑country benchmarks take effect, EU banks and investment funds can continue using New Zealand regulated benchmarks, especially those that are widely used in the EU.
