ESMA · ESMA_QA_2824 Answer Published

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets
Topic
Data reporting services providers
Submitted
2026-04-01
Answered
2026-04-01

Question

What status must be reported when an instrument is reported for the first time to the CTP?

Answer

The initial status of individual financial instruments is reported for the first time from data contributors to the CTP in the following cases: (i) when the activities of the CTP start (i.e. the status should be ACTV, unless the instrument is already suspended or halted); and (ii) when an instrument is newly admitted to trading (i.e, the status should be ACTV);  In essence, the initial message establishes the baseline status that the CTP will disseminate until a subsequent change is reported. Please find below some examples: Instrument Publication venue Status prior to go live T-1 CTP go live date: T …/… other phase changes sent throughout T T+1 T+N ABC MIC1 ACTV MIC1 sends a message with Trading phase set to ‘SOAU’ and status set to ‘ACTV’ MIC1 sends a message with Trading phase set to new values MIC1 sends a message with Trading phase set to ‘SOAU’ MIC1 sends a message with status set to ‘RMOV’ CTP N/A CTP sends a message with Trading phase set to ‘SOAU’ and status set to ‘ACTV’ CTP sends a message with Trading phase set to those values and status set to ‘ACTV’ CTP sends a message with Trading phase set to ‘SOAU’ and status set to ‘ACTV’ CTP sends a message with status set to ‘RMOV’ DEF MIC2 SUSP MIC2 sends a message with status set to ‘SUSP’ No messages sent MIC2 sends a message with Trading phase set to ‘SOAU’ and instrument status set to ‘ACTV’   CTP N/A CTP sends a message with status set to ‘SUSP’ CTP sends a message with status set to ‘SUSP’ CTP sends a message with Trading phase set to ‘SOAU’ and status set to ‘ACTV’

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