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The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) issued details of its deadlines for receipt of applications that have pre-Christmas or pre year-end approval deadlines for:
Deadlines for receipt of applications are set out below.
QIAIF/ professional and qualified ELTIF filings - normal timeframes apply until 22 December
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For QIAIFS / professional and qualified ELTIFs seeking authorisation/ approval/noting on: |
Deadline for receipt |
|---|---|
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23 and 24 December |
3pm on 22 December |
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29 December |
3pm on 23 December |
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30 and 31 December |
3pm on 29 December |
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2 January |
5pm on 30 December |
QIAIF change of service provider filings
| Effective date | Deadline for receipt |
|---|---|
| 24 December 2025 – 2 January 2026 | 5pm on 17 December |
ICAV registration/conversion/migration applications
| Effective date | Deadline for receipt |
|---|---|
| 23 December 2025 – 31 December 2025 | 5pm on 9 December |
UCITS, RIAIF, retail ELTIF authorisations/approvals/noting
Executed documentation for authorisations/approvals/notings required on 23, 24, 29, 30 and/or 31 December must be received by close of business on Friday, 19 December.
24, 29-31 December 2025 and 2-9 January 2026 will not be counted towards the timeframes for issuing comments (detailed on CBI website) in relation to UCITS, RIAIF, and retail ELTIF applications. This is an effort to focus over the Christmas/ year-end period on applications that are at an advanced stage and considered likely to be authorised / approved prior to year- end.
Examples:
Friday, 2 January 2026 is the first day of 2026 that funds may be authorised/approved and/ or post-authorisation updates noted. Executed documentation for funds seeking authorisation/ approval or noting on that date must be received by close of business on Tuesday, 30 December.
Revocations
Funds seeking to revoke at end December 2025 must submit a complete revocation application, including payment of the funding levy, by 5pm on 15 December.
Fund service provider authorisations
Firms intending to submit an Acquiring Transaction notification between Monday 29 December 2025 - Friday 2 January 2026 (inclusive) should engage with the Fund Service Provider Authorisation Team before Tuesday, 23 December by emailing Mancofspauthorisations@centralbank.ie.
For more information, please contact any member of A&L Goodbody's Asset Management & Investment Funds team.
Date published: 29 October 2025
