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Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1155 of 12 June 2025

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-07-10

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Article 22 of MiFIR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-07-10

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-04-01

Trading status for on halt/suspended instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-04-01

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Article 22 of MiFIR

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2026-04-01

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Article 22 of MiFIR

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2026-04-01

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Article 22 of MiFIR

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-04-01

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Articles 5, 6 and 12(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1155

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-04-01

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-04-01

Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP)

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2026-04-01

Trading obligation for shares

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2025-12-19

Transparency - Single Volume Cap

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2025-10-10

Compliance with the SI regime and notification to NCAs

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2025-10-10

Impact for SIs of an instrument changing liquidity status in between the SI determination dates

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2025-10-10

DVC and corporate actions

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Regulation 2017/577- RTS on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards on the volume cap mechanism and the provision of information for the purposes of transparency and other calculations(RTS 3)

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2025-10-10

Pre-arranged/negotiated transactions for non-equity instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Hedging Exemption

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Pre-trade transparency waivers under MiFID I

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Quoting obligation for SI in non-TOTV instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Quoting obligation for SIs in non-equity financial instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Pre-trade transparency- RFQ system

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Regulation 2017/583- RTS on transparency requirements in respect of non-equity financial instruments (RTS 2)

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Transparency - data (pre- and/or post-trade data) available free of charge 15 minutes after publication

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Scope of Article 9(1)(c) of MiFIR

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Transparency - voice trading systems

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Regulation 2017/583- RTS on transparency requirements in respect of non-equity financial instruments (RTS 2)

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Process for a waiver under Article 18(2) of MiFIR

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Transparency - fees

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Partial execution of LIS orders (Article 9(1)(a) of MiFIR) and orders above SSTI

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

SSTI – calculation of indicative pre-trade prices

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Price to be published by SIs in bonds and derivatives

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Commercial policy of access to quotes

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Access to quotes

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Substantial and non-substantial amendments to MiFID I waivers

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Compliance with the quoting obligations for SIs in non-equity instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Waiver procedure for illiquid non-equity financial instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2024-10-16

Simplified approach for regulatory capital requirements

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-09-23

Third country issues - Transparency

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2022-09-05

Direct Electronic Access (DEA) and algorithmic trading - Trading systems - RTS 7

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-12-05

Multilateral and bilateral systems - Member preferencing functionalities and pre-arranged transactions

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2019-12-05

Mandatory SI regime

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Markets in Financial Directorate II (MiFID II) Directive 2014/65/EU- Secondary Markets

ESMA Published Answer Updated

Answered 2019-06-03

Minimum size of orders held in an order management facility for non-equity financial instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Regulation 2017/583- RTS on transparency requirements in respect of non-equity financial instruments (RTS 2)

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2018-02-07

Reference price waiver and multi-listed shares

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-12-18

Geographical scope of the temporary suspension of transparency

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-15

Maximum authorised deviation around the reference price for negotiated transactions in illiquid equity instruments

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-15

Transparency - Trading venues

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Regulation 2017/583- RTS on transparency requirements in respect of non-equity financial instruments (RTS 2)

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-15

Scope of the trading obligation for shares

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-15

Temporary suspension of transparency for bonds

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-11-15

Direct Electronic Access (DEA) and algorithmic trading

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-07-07

Trading venues

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-07-07

Assignment of MICs to APAs

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets · Art. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587 (RTS 1) and Regulation 2017/583 (RTS 2)

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-05-31

Calculation of the “current volume weighted spread reflected in the order book” for negotiated transactions

Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Regulation (EU) No 600/2014- Secondary Markets

ESMA Answer Published

Answered 2017-05-31

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