Cookies Policy

This website uses cookies to improve your experience (for instance by remembering the language selection) and to collect and analyse visitor data.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. This is called a “session” cookie. A permanent cookie is used for repeated visits to our site.

Cookies can be placed by the server of the website you are visiting or by partners who work with the site. The server of a website can only read the cookies that it placed itself; it has no access to other information that is stored on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are saved in your browser's folder on your computer or mobile device.

The content of a cookie usually encompasses the name of the server that placed it, an expiry date and a unique numerical code.

Cookies generally simplify and speed up the interaction between the visitor and the website and help the visitor to navigate between the various elements on the site. Cookies can also be used to make the content of a website or the publicity more relevant for the visitor and personalise it according to their taste and/or needs.

No personal data

A cookie exists of a (unique) number or value. It does not contain personal data.

ESMA vzw uses cookies to enhance and simplify your browsing experience and to more effectively harmonise its websites with your needs and preferences. You can refuse the installation of cookies but some of the elements of our websites will not work at all or will not work properly. If you visit our website without amending your cookie settings and click on the Agreed' button, we assume that you accept the installation of cookies. Consult our cookie policy for more information about using cookies and the options to block cookies whenever you like.

The ESMA website uses the following cookies:

Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as navigating between the different parts of the website or for instance to fill in forms.Please be aware that – if you refuse or disable cookies – some of the website functionality may be lost.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies are cookies that make it easier for our website to work, make it more pleasant for visitors and ensure that you have a more personalised browsing experience. For example, functional cookies allow the website to remember settings specific to you, such as your language and country selection.
Performance cookies
This website also uses Google Analytics. These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. We use performance cookies to obtain information about visitors’ use of our websites, in order to improve the content of our website, adapt them to the wishes of visitors, and make them more user-friendly. For instance, there is a cookie that counts the number of unique visitors and a cookie that keeps track of the most popular pages.
Third party cookies
The website also contains elements from other, third parties, such as video services, social media buttons or advertisements.

Refusing cookies

You can easily reject the installation of the cookies by using the browser options. Here you will find the method to refuse cooking for most of the browsers. At every moment, you can remove the cookies which have already been installed on your computer or mobile device.

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