ESMA Postpones Commodity Derivatives Reporting Rollout to April 2026

ESMA News

Published March 27th, 2026

Detected March 28th, 2026

Summary

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has postponed the rollout of its new solution for Commodity Derivatives Weekly Position Reporting, originally scheduled for April 1, 2026. The decision was made due to issues identified during final testing, requiring further corrective actions. A revised go-live date will be communicated later.

View original document View source feed page

What changed

ESMA has announced a postponement of the go-live date for its new Commodity Derivatives Weekly Position Reporting solution, moving it from the originally scheduled April 1, 2026, to an unspecified later date. This delay is attributed to issues discovered during the final testing phase that necessitate corrective actions to ensure system stability and data quality.

Reporting entities are instructed to continue using the current reporting system until a revised go-live date is communicated by ESMA. Compliance officers should note that while the new system's implementation is delayed, the underlying reporting obligations remain in effect. Further updates will be provided by ESMA regarding the new timeline.

What to do next

Continue using the current version of the Commodity Derivatives Weekly Position Reporting solution.
Monitor ESMA communications for a revised go-live date.

Source document (simplified)

Postponement of the rollout for Commodity Derivatives Weekly Position Reporting

Trading 27/03/2026 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is postponing the rollout of the new solution for Commodity Derivatives Weekly Position Reporting, originally scheduled for 1 April 2026.

The decision follows the identification of issues during the final testing phase, which require further corrective actions to ensure system stability and data quality.

A revised go live date will be communicated once the necessary fixes have been fully implemented and validated. Until then, stakeholders should continue using the current version.

ESMA appreciates the cooperation and understanding of all reporting entities during this process.

Further information:

Cristina Bonillo

Senior Communications Officer
press@esma.europa.eu

More on the same topic
ESMA publishes the results of the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments 27/02/2026 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published today the results of the annual transparency calc

ESMA issues a supervisory briefing on algorithmic trading 26/02/2026 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, today published a

ESMA simplifies MiFID II/ MiFIR obligations on market data 23/02/2026 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has

ESMA launches selection of Consolidated Tape Provider for OTC derivatives 05/01/2026 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is launching the first selection procedure for the Consolidated Tape P