EU SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) SFDR-Art.18_19_20: Review by Commission (Article 18) + amendments (Article 19) + entry into force (Article 20)

Article 18 the Commission shall by 30 December 2022 evaluate the application of this Regulation + present a report to the European Parliament + the Council; the report shall consider whether to amend the SFDR. Article 19 amends Directive 2009/138/EC (Solvency II), Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS), Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD), Directive 2014/65/EU (MiFID II), Directive 2016/97/EU (IDD), Directive 2016/2341/EU (IORP II), Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 + (EU) 345/2013 + (EU) 346/2013 to integrate sustainability considerations into the sectoral product-design + suitability + governance rules. Article 20 SFDR enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal (29 December 2019) + applies from 10 March 2021 (Article 20(2)); Articles 4(6) + 4(7) + 8(3) + 9(5) + 10(2) + 11(4) + 13(2) + 14(2) + 16(2) + 17(3) apply from 29 December 2019. The Commission published the SFDR review communication in May 2024 outlining the structure of a potential SFDR 2.0 with relabelled product categories.