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# Article 2 — Insider lists referred to in Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014

**Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1291 · binding · OJ L, 2026/1291, 15.6.2026 · dated 12 Jun 2026 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1291, OJ L, 2026/1291, 15.6.2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1291/oj/eng)*

1. <a id="art-2-p-1"></a>The insider lists referred to in Article 18(6), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with the Template set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
1. <a id="art-2-p-2"></a>The insider lists referred to in Article 18(6), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall contain a section specific to each piece of inside information and shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with Template 1 of Annex I to this Regulation.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, persons who, due to the nature of their function or position within the issuer, have access to all inside information at all times may be listed separately in a permanent insiders’ section of the insider list. That section shall be drawn up and kept up to date in accordance with Template 2 of Annex I to this Regulation. Where a permanent insiders’ section is drawn up and kept up to date, the persons listed therein shall not be included in the section of the insider list referred to in the first subparagraph.
1. <a id="art-2-p-3"></a>The insider lists referred to in Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall be kept in any form that ensures that the completeness, integrity and confidentiality of the information contained in those lists are maintained at all times during the transmission of those lists to the competent authority.
1. <a id="art-2-p-4"></a>Issuers whose financial instruments are admitted to trading on an SME growth market shall retain the personal data relating to persons on the insider list that they draw up and update pursuant to Article 18(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 for no longer than five years after a person ceased to be on their insider list.
A competent authority that received an insider list transmitted pursuant to Article 18(6), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 shall retain the personal data relating to persons on that insider list for no longer than necessary for performing its supervisory tasks, subject to regular review of the need to retain those data.