The Financial Services Attachés of the EU Council are scheduled to meet on 15 July 2026 at 14:00 in the Justus Lipsius Building in Brussels to discuss the DLT Pilot Regime elements of the legislative package on market integration and supervision. The meeting, announced in a notice of meeting and provisional agenda, will focus on the Master Regulation proposal (Doc. ST 16345/25 + ADD 1) that amends multiple EU regulations to advance capital market integration and supervision.
The agenda item covers the DLT Pilot Regime, a framework designed to allow the temporary use of distributed ledger technology in market infrastructures. The Master Regulation proposal amends a wide range of existing regulations, including those on credit rating agencies (No 1060/2009), benchmarks (2016/1011), securitisation (2017/2402), and the DLT Pilot Regime itself (2022/858), among others. The meeting will advance technical discussions among member state representatives, with documents available on the Delegates Portal.
This meeting is part of ongoing efforts to integrate capital markets and enhance supervision across the EU. The DLT Pilot Regime, established under Regulation 2022/858, allows market infrastructures to experiment with DLT under a temporary exemption from certain rules. The proposed amendments aim to refine and possibly extend the regime based on lessons learned.
The meeting is expected to produce no formal decision but will prepare the ground for future Council discussions. Stakeholders impacted include financial market infrastructures (trading venues, central securities depositories) that may use DLT, as well as investors and regulators seeking clarity on the regime's scope. The outcome could influence the pace of DLT adoption in EU capital markets, balancing innovation with investor protection and market integrity.