This note provides an overview of the qualifying holdings regime in EU financial services sectoral legislation, particularly in the MiFID II Directive (2014/65/EU), the Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC) and the CRD IV Directive (2013/36/EU).

The qualifying holdings regime relates to changes in control of firms authorised under EU financial services legislation and imposes obligations on controllers, and potential controllers, of these firms.