5. Supports the inclusion in the budget 2013's lines on trade relations and its administrative support expenditure of the funding for reviewing the EU trade policy strategy in line with the EU2020 strategy and for achieving the objective of reducing the time gap between conclusion of trade negotiations and the subsequent signature of that agreement;

When a Central Securities Depository (CSD), as defined in point (1) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council , or a third-country CSD provides the services of operating a securities settlement system as well as at least either the initial recording of securities in a book-entry system through initial crediting or providing and maintaining securities accounts at the top tier level, as specified in Section A of the Annex to that Regulation, the provision of those services by that CSD with respect to the securities of the UCITS that are initially recorded in a book-entry system through ini ...[+++]tial crediting by that CSD should not be considered to be a delegation of custody functions.

(c)the listing or admission to trading of new shares or other instruments of ownership.

- (FR) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Hague Convention on securities held with an intermediary is intended in particular, as we have just heard, to determine which legislation is applicable to property aspects resulting from the registration of securities held with an intermediary.

Its inclusion in Title I showed its importance and priority given to it.

Difficulties arise because of prevailing uncertainty as regards the way in which "regulated markets" should fulfil their obligations to ensure that all securities comply with the requirements for "official listing" (as specified in Directive 79/279 [10] In essence, the practice to date has been that the regulated market should provide listing functions in respect of all securities which are dealt in on that market. This practice for "regulated markets" officially to list securities prior to trading can add significantly to costs and limit the scope for competing markets and exchanges to admit the same security to trading. admission to li ...[+++]sting and admission to trading must therefore be decoupled if more active competition between trading systems is to be facilitated. Furthermore, structural changes such as the demutualisation of exchanges call for a redefinition of how listing and public disclosure objectives are realised. However, before such far-reaching adjustments can be envisaged, an equitable basis must be found for sharing the regulatory overheads of listing and fulfilling related requirements such as dissemination of price-sensitive information. Without appropriate arrangements, profit-driven exchanges may seek to divest costly listing functions, particularly if they perceive competitors as "free-riding" on their listing services. This would jeopardise the important "public good" functions served by listing. Implementation of this approach should be foreshadowed in an updated definition of "regulated markets". It also calls for a re-examination of the provisions of Directive 79/279 [11].