What is a national competent authority?

National competent authorities are organizations that have the legally delegated or invested authority, or power to perform a designated function, normally monitoring compliance with the national statutes and regulations.

23 May 2024

3 minutes

Corporate Office

Introduction

National competent authorities are organisations that have the legally delegated or invested authority, or power to perform a designated function, normally monitoring compliance with the national statutes and regulations.

A list of national competent authorities by Member States of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA), and the United Kingdom is shown below.

List of National Competant Authorities
MEMBER STATE
COMPETENT AUTHORITY
URL
Austria
Financial Market Authority Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA)
https://www.fma.gv.at/
Belgium
Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) Autorité des services et marchés financiers
https://www.fsma.be/en
Bulgaria
Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) Комисия за финансов надзор
https://www.fsc.bg/en/
Croatia
Croatian Financial Supervisory Agency Hrvatska agencija za nadzor financijskih usluga (HANFA)
https://www.hanfa.hr/en/
Cyprus
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς Κύπρου
https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/home/
Czech Republic
Czech National Bank Česká národní banka (CNB)
https://www.cnb.cz/en/
Denmark
Finanstilsynet Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA)
https://www.dfsa.dk/
Estonia
Financial Supervision Authority (FSA) Finantsinspektsioon
https://www.fi.ee/en
Finland
Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) Finanssivalvonta
https://www.finanssivalvonta.fi/en/
France
Financial Markets Regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
https://www.amf-france.org/en
Germany
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BAFIN)
https://www.bafin.de/en
Greece
Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς
http://www.hcmc.gr/
Hungary
Central Bank of Hungary Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB)
https://www.mnb.hu/en
Ireland
Central Bank of Ireland (CBI)
https://www.centralbank.ie/
Italy
The Italian Securities and Exchange Commission Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB)
https://www.consob.it/web/consob-and-its-activities/consob
Latvia
Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisija (FKTK)
https://www.fktk.lv/en/
Lithuania
Bank of Lithuania Lietuvos Bankas
https://www.lb.lt/en/
Luxembourg
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
https://www.cssf.lu/en/
Malta
Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)
https://www.mfsa.mt/
Netherlands
Authority for Financial Markets Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)
https://www.afm.nl/en
Poland
Polish Financial Supervision Authority Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF)
https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/
Portugal
The Portuguese Securities Market Commission Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM)
https://www.cmvm.pt/en/
Romania
Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority Autoritatea de Supraveghere Financiară (ASF)
https://asfromania.ro/en/
Slovakia
National Bank of Slovakia Národná banka Slovenska (NBS)
https://www.nbs.sk/en/
Slovenia
Securities Market Agency Agencija za trg vrednostnih papirjev
https://www.a-tvp.si/eng
Spain
The National Securities Market Commission Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)
https://www.cnmv.es/portal/home.aspx?lang=en
Sweden
Financial supervisory authority Finansinspektionen (FI)
https://www.fi.se/en/
United Kingdom
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
https://www.fca.org.uk/

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