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Week of 2026-10-26

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  • [2026-10-31] Definitions: 741 of 749 definition pages now show their defining provision word for word, checked against EUR-Lex (was 337). 404 pages in 11 acts were rebuilt from the act's own text and checked: AI Act 68, DORA 65, MiCA 51, CRA 50, Data Act 43, NIS2 41, GDPR 26, DSA 24, ToFR 24, ePrivacy 7, MiFID II 5. Each keeps its address; titles follow the act's own wording (GDPR "consent", NIS2 "domain name system", "top-level domain name registry"). The 8 left say "Not yet verified": six terms from acts the site does not hold yet (CRR, AIFMD, DGSD, UCITS), MiFID II "qualified investors" (an annex section, not a numbered point) and ePrivacy "call" (deleted in 2009). https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions
  • [2026-10-31] GDPR: "consent" now links to its definition (Article 4(11)) in 12 articles. https://www.headlesslaw.com/gdpr/articles/6

Corrections

  • [2026-10-31] Seven Level 2/3 pages now name the legal basis their own text or EUR-Lex states: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/413 under MiCA Article 42(4) (was 39(9)); the EBA guidelines on liquidity stress testing under Article 45(8) (was 45(4)); the two joint EBA/ESMA suitability guidelines (EBA/GL/2024/09) under Articles 21(3) and 63(11) (were 34(8)/68(10) and 42(6)/84(4)); the EBA templates guidelines (EBA/GL/2024/16) as own-initiative guidelines under Article 16 of the EBA Regulation (was MiCA Article 55(1)); the EBA draft RTS on crypto-asset exposure values under Article 501d(5) CRR (was MiCA Article 134(5)); and DORA's Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1502 is listed as a delegated act, not an RTS. The MiCA and DORA article pages list them under the right articles. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/42
  • [2026-10-31] AI Act and DSA Level 3: 9 Commission Q&A pages no longer end with the Commission website's own "Related content" teasers or its "Last update" date and "Print as PDF" link, which are not part of the Q&As (7 AI Act pages, including Navigating the AI Act, and 2 DSA pages); each page was checked again word for word against the Commission page (9 of 9 match). https://www.headlesslaw.com/ai-act/level-3/q-and-a/commission/commission-qa-navigating-ai-act
  • [2026-10-27] MAR Level 3: 15 ESMA Q&As now show the answers ESMA updated in its register on 8 October 2026, word for word (all 15 checked against the register). Among them, Q&As 1722–1724 on delayed disclosure under Article 17(5) now cover parent undertakings, Q&As 1727, 1729, 1730 and 1732 no longer state the EUR 5 000 / EUR 20 000 thresholds, and Q&A 1749 now reads, as in the register, "This Q&A was deleted on 08/10/2026." https://www.headlesslaw.com/mar/level-3/q-and-a/esma/esma-qa-1723-delayed-disclosure-of-inside-information-under-article-17-5
  • [2026-10-27] MiFID II Level 3: ESMA Q&A 1533 (position reporting) now reads, as in ESMA's register since 8 October 2026, "This Q&A has been replaced by ESMA Q&A 2952". https://www.headlesslaw.com/mifid-ii/level-3/q-and-a/esma/esma-qa-1533-position-reporting
  • [2026-10-27] AI Act Level 3: the Commission's "Navigating the AI Act" Q&A follows the Commission's update of 20 October 2026: the top penalty tier (up to €35m or 7%) is now stated for infringements on prohibited practices only; the words "or non-compliance related to requirements on data" were removed. https://www.headlesslaw.com/ai-act/level-3/q-and-a/commission/commission-qa-navigating-ai-act
Week of 2026-10-19

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Corrections

  • [2026-10-20] AI Act Article 51(2) now reads "greater than 1025" floating point operations, as EUR-Lex prints it; it read "1025" although its check line gave a date. Raised and lowered characters are now kept and checked word for word: 6 Level 1 pages (AI Act Art 51; EMIR Arts 50a–50d and Annex III: KCCP, EADi, DFCM) and 11 Level 2 pages (EMIR, MiCA, MiFIR, DORA, MAR, MiFID II: CO2, tCO2e, 1st) were corrected; none is left flattened in Level 1 or Level 2. https://www.headlesslaw.com/ai-act/articles/51
  • [2026-10-19] EMIR: ESMA Q&As 2936 and 2937 now show ESMA's answers of 8 October 2026; they were shown as unanswered although their check line gave a date. Register Q&As are now checked against the register's status as well as its words; all 967 ESMA and EBA register Q&As were re-checked against a fresh copy today and 5 pages changed. https://www.headlesslaw.com/emir/level-3/q-and-a/esma/esma-qa-2936-aar-85-exemption
  • [2026-10-19] MiCA: ESMA Q&A 2932 now reads "Forwarded to EC/Public Consultation/Other", as in ESMA's register, and EBA Q&A 2024_7172 (Lightning Network and the travel rule) shows the register's own question and background. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/level-3/q-and-a/eba/eba-qa-7172-lightning-network-travel-rule
Week of 2026-10-12

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Corrections

Week of 2026-10-05

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  • [2026-10-11] MiCA's 119 recital pages, its recitals index and its six annexes are now checked word for word against EUR-Lex (126 pages, all matched); ToFR's recitals page matched too. DORA's recitals page shows "Update pending": the check found 28 differences from the official text (quotation marks, spacing, one full stop). https://www.headlesslaw.com/verification
  • [2026-10-11] EMIR published: 348 pages — the regulation (137 articles, 4 annexes, recitals, 9 title pages), its 31 definitions, 66 Level 2 acts and 82 Level 3 documents. All are checked word for word against EUR-Lex or the issuing authority's publication, except EBA decision EBA/DC/610, a scanned PDF with no text, which the site links to. https://www.headlesslaw.com/emir
  • [2026-10-11] The formulas in EMIR Articles 50a and 50d, which EUR-Lex prints as images, are shown as those official images, the first images on the site's legal text pages. https://www.headlesslaw.com/emir/articles/50a
  • [2026-10-11] Level 2: 111 images that EUR-Lex prints as pictures are now on their 20 pages as the official images — the fee formulas in EMIR, DORA, MiCA and MiFIR delegated regulations and the standard forms in MAR and MiFID II implementing regulations. The word-for-word check now covers each image too: it must be the official image, at its place in the text. https://www.headlesslaw.com/emir/level-2/delegated-acts/1003-2013-fees-charged-to-trade-repositories
  • [2026-10-11] MiFID II Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2382 (standard forms for passport notifications): its 13 forms show as the consolidated version of 7 September 2022 prints them (19 images), each followed by the form's text as printed in the original act; the page now matches its official text word for word. Level 2 and Level 3: 537 of 541 pages match (the other 4 have no text to compare: 3 MiCA final drafts not yet adopted, 1 scanned EBA decision). https://www.headlesslaw.com/mifid-ii/level-2/its/2017-2382-standard-forms-templates-and-procedures-for-the
  • [2026-10-11] References to EMIR articles inside Level 2 and Level 3 texts now link to the article (1,355 links on 145 pages, wording unchanged). https://www.headlesslaw.com/emir/level-2/rts/2015-2205-clearing-obligation
  • [2026-10-11] The site's MCP server has its own address: https://mcp.headlesslaw.com/mcp (Claude Code: claude mcp add headlesslaw --transport http https://mcp.headlesslaw.com/mcp). Same three tools (searchDocumentation, getPage, sendFeedback), now under a written tool contract (version 1.0.0); in a 29-call comparison it returned the same results as the earlier address, which keeps working. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mcp
  • [2026-10-11] Level 2 in every act: 23 more Commission acts, each checked word for word against EUR-Lex — the first Level 2 pages for NIS2 (risk-management measures, 2024/2690), the CRA (3), the GDPR (adequacy decisions for Japan, the UK, Korea, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the European Patent Organisation and Brazil; the two sets of standard contractual clauses), the ePrivacy Directive (breach notification, 611/2013), the DSA (5) and the AI Act (2), plus MiFID II 2026/825 and 2026/1092 and MAR 2026/789. https://www.headlesslaw.com/gdpr/level-2
  • [2026-10-11] Level 3: 531 more official Q&As and guidelines, each checked word for word against the authority's publication — ESMA and EBA register Q&As for MiFID II (168), MiFIR (157), DORA (72), MAR (47), the DLT Pilot Regime (34), EMIR (14) and the E-Money Directive (6), one new ESMA MiCA Q&A (2933), and 32 EDPB guidelines and recommendations under the GDPR. https://www.headlesslaw.com/dora/level-3
  • [2026-10-11] MiCA Level 3: the European Systemic Risk Board's Recommendation ESRB/2025/9 on third-country multi-issuer stablecoin schemes, word for word from the Official Journal. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/level-3/recommendations-and-codes/esrb-2025-9-third-country-multi-issuer-stablecoin-schemes
  • [2026-10-10] Level 2 and Level 3: all 393 pages now share one layout, and each was compared word for word with EUR-Lex or the issuing authority's publication. 136 match and say so with the date checked; the others show "Update pending" until their text is brought in line. https://www.headlesslaw.com/
  • [2026-10-10] Tables: 389 of 393 Level 2 / Level 3 pages now match their official text word for word (263 before); their 1,336 tables are stored once as data and checked cell by cell, and complex tables show with merged cells as in the original. https://www.headlesslaw.com/verification
  • [2026-10-10] New page /mcp: the address of the site's MCP server, how to add it, and its tools. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mcp
  • [2026-10-10] New page /verification: per act and level, how many pages match their official source word for word, and when they were last checked. https://www.headlesslaw.com/verification
  • [2026-10-10] New page /whats-new: this list of changes, on the site. https://www.headlesslaw.com/whats-new
  • [2026-10-10] ESMA's list of the transitional (grandfathering) periods each Member State chose under MiCA Article 143(3). https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/level-3/statements/esma-list-of-mica-grandfathering-periods-art-143-3
  • [2026-10-10] Each act's page now quotes its own provision on when it applies (for example AMLR: from 10 July 2027). https://www.headlesslaw.com/amlr
  • [2026-10-07] DLT Pilot Regime Regulation published: 19 articles and recitals. https://www.headlesslaw.com/dlt-pilot
  • [2026-10-07] E-Money Directive published: 24 articles, 4 titles and recitals. https://www.headlesslaw.com/emd

Coming (in progress, no dates)

  • The remaining Level 2 and Level 3 pages brought in line with the official text.

Milestones

  • [2026-10-10] Level 2 and Level 3 pages checked word for word against their official sources (first pass).

New documents

Issuer Type Reference Date Title (authority's wording) Link
ESMA Opinion ESMA75-113276571-1742 2026-10-08 see page https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/level-3/opinions/esma75-113276571-1742-opinion-on-non-mica-compliant-arts-and-emts

Corrections

  • [2026-10-11] Ten Level 2 acts that are no longer in force (MiFID II 2017/571, 2017/574, 2017/591, 2017/592, 2017/1110, 2018/63 and the two Swiss equivalence decisions; MAR 2016/347 and 2022/1210) said "in force"; they now say "no longer in force", with the end date and, where there is one, the act that replaced them. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mifid-ii/level-2

  • [2026-10-11] Level 2: 37 paragraphs and points deleted by later amending acts now show their own number and "[Deleted by …]" naming the act, in 8 acts under EMIR, MiFID II and MiFIR (they had been left out without a trace); numbered lists in those articles no longer skip numbers. In EMIR Delegated Regulation 1003/2013 the "Chapter II — Fees" heading now follows the deleted Article 4, as in the official text. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mifir/level-2/rts/2017-583-transparency-requirements-for-trading-venues-and-investment

  • [2026-10-11] DORA's recitals page now matches the official text word for word: its 28 differences (straight for curly quotation marks, spaces before punctuation, a long dash for an en dash, a comma for a full stop) are corrected; all 65 DORA Level 1 pages match. https://www.headlesslaw.com/dora/recitals

  • [2026-10-10] Definition links: every link to a defined term now goes to the definition in the act the page belongs to (or the act the provision itself cites), the longest defined term is linked, and each term is listed once. MiCA alone had 734 wrong links and 751 duplicate or wrong "Related" entries; all acts now 0. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/articles/3

  • [2026-10-10] MiFID II and MiFIR: the Level 2 and Level 3 updates of 10 October are now on the site. A metadata error in one page of each had held both sections at their earlier version since 15:21 UTC. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mifid-ii

  • [2026-10-10] The home page and /verification now name the E-Money Directive "EMD" and the DLT Pilot Regime "DLT Pilot", as in the menu. https://www.headlesslaw.com/verification

  • [2026-10-10] Consultation pages now switch to "closed" when their deadline passes; the Commission's targeted MiCA review consultation (deadline 31 August 2026) reads closed. https://www.headlesslaw.com/mica/level-3/consultations/targeted-consultation-review-of-mica

  • [2026-10-10] The home page counts the acts it lists from the published sections: sixteen (DLT Pilot Regime and E-Money Directive were missing). https://www.headlesslaw.com/

  • [2026-10-10] Six MiCA Level 3 pages lost the "Overview" and "Key points" summaries that were not part of the publication.

  • [2026-10-10] MAR Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522 is titled with its own words, "indicators of market manipulation". https://www.headlesslaw.com/mar/level-2/delegated-acts/2016-522-exemptions-manipulation-indicators-closed-period

  • [2026-10-10] 13 Level 2/3 page titles that had dropped a word were corrected (e.g. the ESMA opinion above is now "Non-MiCA-compliant ARTs and EMTs").

  • 2026-10-10 — 263 of 392 Level 2 / Level 3 pages now carry the official text word for word ("Checked against …"); 37 Q&As and 19 former summary pages now show the publication's own text; the EBA Annex 4 template page was removed (redirects to Decisions and templates).

Week of 2026-09-28

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  • [2026-10-04] The site moved to www.headlesslaw.com with clean addresses (/<act>/articles/<n>); mica.wtf redirects there. https://www.headlesslaw.com/