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title: EBA & ESMA Launch Consultation on Suitability Rules
description: EBA & ESMA Launch Consultation on Suitability Rules
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# [EBA & ESMA Launch Consultation on Suitability Rules](https://www.plenitudeconsulting.com/news-insights/eba-esma-launch-consultation-on-suitability-rules)

 Written by [Insight & Partnership Team](https://www.plenitudeconsulting.com/news-insights/author/insight-partnership-team) | Mar 2, 2026 9:44:42 AM

Key developments include:

➡️ **AML-CFT Linkages:** Stronger guidance on identifying reasonable grounds to suspect money laundering or terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks in suitability assessments;

➡️ **Third-Country Branches:** Further clarification of requirements applicable to third-country branches;

➡️ **Harmonised Submissions:** Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) standardise the content of suitability questionnaires, CVs and internal assessments to ensure consistency across Member States; and

➡️ **Consultation Deadline:** 25 May 2026, with public hearings scheduled for 15 April 2026.

✅ Firms should assess suitability assessments, governance documentation and AML risk controls before the framework is finalised.

 

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