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Article 1 Material market in terms of liquidity

For the purposes of the second subparagraph of UK law corresponding to Article 48(5) of Directive 2014/65/EU, the material market in terms of liquidity shall be considered to be:

  1. (a)

    in respect of shares, depositary receipts, exchange-traded funds, certificates and other similar financial instruments, the trading venue which is the most relevant market in terms of liquidity for the instrument as set out in Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/587,

  2. (b)

    in respect of financial instruments other than those set out in point (a) which are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the regulated market where the financial instrument was first admitted to trading;

  3. (c)

    in respect of financial instruments other than those set out in point (a) which are not admitted to trading on a regulated market, the trading venue where the financial instrument was first traded.