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REC 4.2B Exercise of passport rights by a UK RIE

REC 4.2B.1GRP

1Under section 312C of the Act, if a UK RIE wishes to make arrangements in an EEA State other than the UK to facilitate access to or use of a regulated market,2 multilateral trading facility or auction platform2 operated by it, it must give the FSAwritten notice of its intention to do so. The notice must:

  1. (1)

    describe the arrangements; and

  2. (2)

    identify the EEA State in which the UK RIE intends to make them.

REC 4.2B.2GRP

The FSA must, within one month of receiving the UK RIE's notice, send a copy of it to the Host State regulator.

REC 4.2B.3GRP

The UK RIE may not make the arrangements until the FSA has sent a copy of the notice to the Host State regulator.

REC 4.2B.4GRP

The requirements that a UK RIE must give the FSA written notice and the UK RIE may not make the arrangements until the FSA has sent a copy of it to the Host State regulator do not apply to arrangements made by a UK RIE on or before 31 October 2007.