Euronext Securities Oslo is authorised to operate as a central securities depository in Norway by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. The approval to operate a SSS is given by Finanstilsynet. Our activities are subject to regulation by the Ministry of Finance and are subject to supervision by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway.

VPS Rules in force 4 February 2025

VPO NOK Rules

Account Operator Agreement

LEI – Legal Entity Identifier

The Global Legal Entity Identifier System was established by initiative of the G20 forum and the Financial Stability Board. LEI is a unique, global alfanumerical code of 20 digits.  It is used to identify legal entities participating in financial transaction and in connection with financial reports

The implementation of a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and jurisdiction is i.a. manatory for

  • Issuers
  • Settlement Participant and Account Operators

A legal entity may only have one LEI which is valid on a global basis.

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CPSS-IOSCO principles for financial market Infrastructures

In April 2012, The Committee on payment and settlement systems (CPSS) and The international organization of securities commissions (IOSCO) decided on the new Principles for financial market infrastructures. Euronext Securities Oslo performed a self assessment in relation to the principles during the autumn 2013. The assessment finds that Euronext Securities Oslo observes all of the requirements in the CPSS-IOSCO principles with a minor exception regarding the principle for legal basis, the principle for default management, the principle for indirect participation and the principle on FMI links. These four principles were only found to be broadly observed.

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Code of conduct

The EU is undertaking an extensive program of work to harmonise the European securities market. Euronext Securities Oslo is participating in this program, and is a signatory to the European Code of Conduct for Clearing and Settlement that was issued in 2006.

More information on the Code of conduct