CSDR penalties: Change of payment due dates

19.01.2023

Clearstream Banking1 informs customers of the change to the processing schedule for CSDR penalties payments due in and after

April 2023.

As agreed within the European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA), to accommodate the requirements of CSD participants to be granted more time between the CSDs’ monthly settlement fails penalties reporting and the actual payment processing date, the current calendar will be changed as follows and applied for all penalty payments due in and after April 2023.

Current schedule

Customer appeals period end date

Monthly penalties reporting date

Penalties payment date

10th PBDa

14th PBD

17th PBD

a. “Penalty Business Day” as per the “ECSDA Penalties Framework” definition.

Future schedule

Customer appeals period end date

Monthly penalties reporting date

Penalties payment date

10th PBD

14th PBD

18th PBD

Internal, Bridge and T2S penalties payments

This means that for Clearstream Banking internal, Bridge, as well as T2S penalties payments due in April 2023:

Customer appeals period end date

Monthly penalties reporting date

Penalties payment date (via PFoD)

Friday, 14 April 2023

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Intended settlement date Wednesday, 26 April 2023 (trade date: 24 April 2023)

Customers should also refer to the ECSDA website for details including the generic penalties calendar as applicable in 2023.

Further information

For further information, please contact Customer Service or your Relationship Officer.

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1. Clearstream Banking refers collectively to Clearstream Banking S.A., registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-9248, and Clearstream Banking AG, registered office at 61, Mergenthalerallee, 65760 Eschborn, Germany and registered in Register B of the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany under number HRB 7500.