Article 1 Offering of pre-trade and post-trade transparency data

  1. (1)

    A market operator or investment firm operating a trading venue shall upon request make the information published in accordance with Articles 3, 4 and 6 to 11 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 available to the public by offering pre-trade and post-trade data disaggregated, in accordance with the following criteria:

    1. (a)

      the nature of the asset class:

      1. (i)

        shares;

      2. (ii)

        depositary receipts, ETFs, certificates and other similar financial instruments referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;

      3. (iii)

        bonds and structured finance products;

      4. (iv)

        emission allowances;

      5. (v)

        derivatives;

    2. (b)

      the country of issue for shares and sovereign debt;

    3. (c)

      the currency in which the financial instrument is traded;

    4. (d)

      scheduled daily auctions as opposed to continuous trading.

  2. (2)

    Derivatives referred to in point (a)(v) shall be disaggregated in accordance with the following criteria:

    1. (a)

      equity derivatives;

    2. (b)

      interest rate derivatives;

    3. (c)

      credit derivatives;

    4. (d)

      foreign exchange derivatives;

    5. (e)

      commodity and emission allowance derivatives;

    6. (f)

      other derivatives.

  3. (3)

    The market operator or investment firm operating a trading venue shall determine which criteria a financial instrument or type of data meets where the disaggregation criteria in paragraphs 1 or 2 cannot be applied in an unambiguous manner.

  4. (4)

    The market operator or investment firm operating a trading venue shall apply the criteria referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 in any combination upon request.

  5. (5)

    In addition to offering the data in accordance with paragraph 1 and 2, a market operator or investment firm operating a trading venue may offer bundles of data.