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On April 24, 2026, the Slovenian Securities Market Agency (Agencija za trg vrednostnih papirjev, ATVP) signed a cooperation agreement on harmonised regulation and supervision of capital markets with regulatory authorities from eight countries across central and south-eastern Europe: Croatia, Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and North Macedonia. The agreement implements commitments made under a Memorandum of Understanding on regional capital market integration signed in Zagreb in 2025 by Slovenia's Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič and counterparts from the seven other signatory nations. The cooperation agreement establishes a framework for coordinated regulatory approaches across participating jurisdictions, with a primary focus on harmonising regulatory environments through analysis and alignment of rules governing licensing, disclosure requirements, and market supervision. The regulators aim to identify regulatory and supervisory gaps and implement activities to harmonise capital market regulations across the region. The agreement is designed to facilitate cross-border capital flows and strengthen the collective negotiating position of these countries in European regulatory initiatives, ensuring that regional market characteristics and interests are appropriately considered in European legislation. By coordinating their approach to European regulatory developments, the signatory states aim to preserve and develop capital markets in the region more effectively than individual countries could achieve independently. The cooperation framework will be supported through regular meetings and coordination activities between the participating regulatory authorities, building on existing collaborative relationships among the supervisors.