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Transparency - Single Volume Cap

Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets
Topic
Double volume cap
Submitted
2022-01-28
Answered
2025-10-10

Question

When a trading venue starts operating or admits or trades an equity or equity-like financial instrument for the first time, who has the responsibility to check whether the respective instrument is already subject to an EU level suspension under the Single Volume Cap mechanism?

Answer

[ESMA 70-872942901-35 MiFIR transparency Q&A, Q&A 6.6] Before a trading venue starts operating as well as before an instrument is admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue for the first time, that trading venue should verify whether the respective instrument(s) is(are) traded on other trading venues and is(are) subject to an EU level suspension under the Double Single Volume Cap mechanism. In case of an active suspension, the start of the operations or the admission to trading or trading can still take place but trading under the waiver s as per Articles 4(1)(a) and 4(1)(b)(i) of MiFIR should not be allowed until the end of the suspension for the concerned instrument(s).

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