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VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook

VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook (effective 19 June 2025), incl. FRVA and ARVA annexes,
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28

Articles

2

Chapters

VARA

Issuing authority

2025

Effective since

AI

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VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook (effective 19 June 2025), incl. FRVA and ARVA annexes is one of the rulebooks issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook contents

28 articles in 2 chapters. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

VA Issuance

27 articles

  1. Annex 1 Part I.B.2-6Annex 1 Part I.B FRVA approval

  2. Annex 1 Part II.B.1-3Annex 1 Part II.B FRVA ongoing disclosure

  3. Annex 1 Part III.A.1-B.7Annex 1 Part III.A-B FRVA stable backing and Reserve Assets

  4. Annex 1 Part III.C.1-4Annex 1 Part III.C FRVA redemptions

  5. Annex 1 Part III.D.1-2Annex 1 Part III.D FRVA audit and attestation

  6. Annex 1 Part III.E.1-2Annex 1 Part III.E FRVA marketing

  7. Annex 1 Part III.F.1Annex 1 Part III.F FRVA capital

  8. Annex 2 Part I.B.2-4Annex 2 Part I.B ARVA approval

  9. Annex 2 Part II.B.1-2Annex 2 Part II.B ARVA ongoing disclosure

  10. Annex 2 Part III.B.1-C.5Annex 2 Part III.B-C ARVA ownership and Reserve Assets

  11. Annex 2 Part III.D.1-3Annex 2 Part III.D ARVA audit

  12. Annex 2 Part III.E.1-5Annex 2 Part III.E ARVA redemptions

  13. Annex 2 Part III.F.1-2Annex 2 Part III.F ARVA marketing

  14. Annex 2 Part III.G.1Annex 2 Part III.G ARVA capital

  15. Part I.A.1-3Part I.A General requirement

  16. Part I.B.1Part I.B Prohibited Virtual Assets

  17. Part I.C.1-3Part I.C Issuance categories

  18. Part I.D.1-6Part I.D Category 1 licensing

  19. Part I.D.7-8Part I.D.7 Licence revocation triggers

  20. Part I.E.1-5Part I.E Category 2 issuance

  21. Part I.F.1-2Part I.F Exempt VAs

  22. Part II.1.a-fPart II General rules

  23. Part III.A.1-2Part III.A Whitepaper and Risk Disclosure Statement

  24. Part III.B.1-4 Whitepaper publication

  25. Part III.B.5-7 Whitepaper updates and versions

  26. Part III.C.1-3Part III.C Risk Disclosure Statements

  27. Part IV.1-4Part IV Supervision and access

Part III.B.7; Part III.C.3

1 article

  1. Part III.B.7; Part III.C.3-retRecord Retention — Whitepaper and Risk Disclosure Statement versions

What VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook covers

VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook's 28 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.

Compliance — 16 articles

Legal / Compliance — 3 articles

Finance / Compliance — 3 articles

Operations — 2 articles

Finance — 2 articles

Finance / Legal — 1 article

Topics covered

VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.

vara

vasp

virtual assets

issuance

stablecoins

frva

arva

capital

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What is VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook (effective 19 June 2025), incl. FRVA and ARVA annexes?

VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook (effective 19 June 2025), incl. FRVA and ARVA annexes is issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and has applied since 19 June 2025. It has 28 articles across 2 chapters.

What does VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook cover?

It is organised into: VA Issuance; Part III.B.7; Part III.C.3.

Who issues VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook?

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.

Can I search VARA Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook and ask questions about it?

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