
Article 1 
This Regulation sets down the format and timing for the following communications and publications:

((a)) publication by a market operator operating a regulated market or by an investment firm or a market operator operating an MTF or an OTF of its decision to suspend or remove a financial instrument and, where relevant, related derivatives from trading or to lift a suspension;
((b)) communication of the decisions referred to in point (a) to the relevant competent authority;
((c)) publication by a competent authority of its decision to suspend trading or remove from trading a financial instrument and, where relevant, related derivatives or to lift a suspension;
((d)) communication by a competent authority to ESMA and other competent authorities of the decision to suspend trading or to remove from trading a financial instrument and, where relevant, related derivatives or to lift a suspension;
((e)) communication by a notified competent authority to ESMA and other competent authorities of its decision on whether to follow a decision as referred to in point (d).
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘trading venue operator’ means any of the following:

((a)) a market operator operating a regulated market, an MTF or an OTF;
((b)) an investment firm operating an MTF or an OTF.
Article 3 

1. Trading venue operators shall publish the decisions referred to in point (a) of Article 1 on their websites in the format set out in Table 2 of the Annex.
2. Trading venue operators shall communicate the decisions referred to in point (a) of Article 1 to the relevant competent authority in a standard machine readable format approved by that competent authority using the format set out in Table 2 of the Annex.
Article 4 

1. Trading venue operators shall publish the decisions referred to in point (a) of Article 1 immediately.
2. Trading venue operators shall not publish the decisions referred to in point (a) of Article 1 by other means prior to their publication in accordance with Article 3(1).
3. Trading venue operators shall communicate the decisions referred to in point (a) of Article 1 to the relevant competent authority simultaneously with its publication or immediately thereafter.
Article 5 

1. Competent authorities shall publish the decision referred to in point (c) of Article 1 on a website in the format set out in Table 3 of the Annex.
2. Competent authorities shall communicate the decisions referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 1 in a standard machine-readable format using the formats set out in Tables 3 and 4 of the Annex, respectively.
Article 6 

1. Competent authorities shall publish the decision referred to in point (c) of Article 1 immediately.
2. Competent authorities shall communicate the decision referred to in point (d) of Article 1 simultaneously with its publication or immediately thereafter.
3. A notified competent authority shall communicate the decision referred to in point (e) of Article 1 without undue delay upon receipt of the communication referred to in point (d) of Article 1.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 3 January 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 15 June 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
SYMBOL DATA TYPE DEFINITION
{ALPHANUM-n} Up to n alphanumerical characters Free text field.
{COUNTRYCODE_2} 2 alphanumerical characters 2-letter country code, as defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
{DATE_TIME_FORMAT} ISO 8601 date and time format Date and time in the following format:
— YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.Z.
— ‘YYYY’ is the year;
— ‘MM’ is the month;
— ‘DD’ is the day;
— ‘T’ — means that the letter ‘T’ shall be used
— ‘hh’ is the hour;
— ‘mm’ is the minute;
— ‘ss.’ is the second;
— Z is UTC time.Dates and times shall be reported in UTC.
{ISIN} 12 alphanumerical characters ISIN code, as defined in ISO 6166
{LEI} 20 alphanumerical characters Legal entity identifier as defined in ISO 17442
{MIC} 4 alphanumerical characters Market identifier as defined in ISO 10383
FIELD DETAILS TO BE REPORTED FORMAT FOR REPORTING
Date and time of the publication / communication Field to be populated with the date and time of the publication / communication. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Action type Field to be populated with the action type. Suspension, removal, lifting of a suspension.
Reasons for the action Field to be populated with the reasons for the action {ALPHANUM-350}
Effective from Field to be populated with the date and time from which the action is effective. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Effective to Field to be populated with the date and time until which the action is effective. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Ongoing Field to be populated with true if the action is ongoing or false otherwise. ‘True’Action is ongoing‘False’Action is not ongoing
Trading venue(s) Field to be populated with the MIC or MICs of the trading venues(s) or segments thereof to which the action relates. {MIC}If multiple MICs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple MICs separated by comma.
Issuer name Field to be populated with the name of the issuer of the instrument to which the action relates. {ALPHANUM-350}
Issuer Field to be populated with the LEI of the issuer of the instrument to which the action relates. {LEI}
Instrument identifier Field to be populated with the ISIN of the instrument. {ISIN}
Instrument full name Field to be populated with the name of the instrument. {ALPHANUM-350}
Related derivatives Field to be populated with the ISINs of the related derivatives as specified in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/569, to which the action also relates. {ISIN}If multiple ISINs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple ISINs separated by comma.
Other related instruments Field to be populated with the ISINs of the related derivatives affected by the action. {ISIN}If multiple ISINs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple ISINs separated by comma.
Comments Field to be populated with comments. {ALPHANUM-350}

FIELD DETAILS TO BE REPORTED FORMAT FOR REPORTING
Competent authority Field to be populated with the acronym of the competent authority doing the publication / communication. {ALPHANUM-10}
Member State of the competent authority Field to be populated with the country code of the Member State of the competent authority doing the publication / communication. {COUNTRYCODE_2}
Trading venue operator as initiator of the action Field to be populated with:
— true, if the initiator of the action is a trading venue operator; or
— false, if the initiator of the action is not a trading venue operator but a competent authority. ‘True’Trading venue initiator‘False’Not a trading venue initiator
Date and time of the publication / communication Field to be populated with the date and time of the publication / communication. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Action type Field to be populated with the action type. Suspension, removal, lifting of a suspension.
Reasons for the action Field to be populated with the reasons for the action. {ALPHANUM-350}
Effective from Field to be populated with the date and time from which the action is effective. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Effective to Field to be populated with the date and time until which the action is effective. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Ongoing Field to be populated with true if the action is ongoing or false otherwise. ‘True’Action is ongoing‘False’Action is not ongoing
Trading venue(s) Field to be populated with the MIC or MICs of the trading venues(s) or segments thereof to which the action relates. {MIC}If multiple MICs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple MICs separated by comma.
Issuer name Field to be populated with the name of the issuer of the instrument to which the action relates. {ALPHANUM-350}
Issuer Field to be populated with the LEI of the issuer of the instrument to which the action relates. {LEI}
Instrument identifier Field to be populated with the ISIN of the instrument. {ISIN}
Instrument full name Field to be populated with the name of the instrument. {ALPHANUM-350}
Related derivatives Field to be populated with the ISINs of the related derivatives as specified in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/569, to which the action also relates. {ISIN}If multiple ISINs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple ISINs separated by comma.
Other related instruments Field to be populated with the ISINs of the related derivatives affected by the action. {ISIN}If multiple ISINs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple ISINs separated by comma.
Comments Field to be populated with comments. {ALPHANUM-350}
FIELD DETAILS TO BE REPORTED FORMAT FOR REPORTING
Competent authority Field to be populated with the acronym of the competent authority that communicated the original action. {ALPHANUM-10}
Member State of the competent authority Field to be populated with the country code of the Member State of the competent authority that communicated the original action. {COUNTRYCODE_2}
Competent authority initiating the current action Field to be populated with the acronym of the competent authority following or not following the original action. {ALPHANUM-10}
Member State of the competent authority initiating the current action Field to be populated with the country code of the Member State of the competent authority following or not following the original action. {COUNTRYCODE_2}
Original action type Field to be populated with the type of the original action. Suspension, removal, lifting of a suspension.
Decision to follow, if applicable Field to be populated, if applicable, with:
— true if the action is followed; or
— false if the action is not followed. ‘True’Action is followed‘False’Action is not followed
Reasons for the decision not to follow a removal, suspension or lifting thereof, if applicable Field to be populated with the reasons for the decision not to follow a removal, suspension or lifting thereof, if applicable. {ALPHANUM-350}
Date and time of the communication Field to be populated with the date and time of the communication of the current action. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Effective from Field to be populated with the date and time from which the current action is effective. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Effective to Field to be populated with the date and time until which the current action is effective. {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Ongoing Field to be populated with ‘true’ if the action is ongoing, or ‘false’ otherwise. ‘True’Action is ongoing‘False’Action is not ongoing
Trading venue(s) Field to be populated with the MIC or MICs of the trading venues(s) or segments thereof to which the current action relates. {MIC}If multiple MICs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple MICs separated by comma.
Issuer name Field to be populated with the name of the issuer of the instrument to which the action relates. {ALPHANUM-350}
Issuer Field to be populated with the LEI of the issuer of the instrument to which the action relates. {LEI}
Instrument identifier Field to be populated with the ISIN of the instrument. {ISIN}
Instrument full name Field to be populated with the name of the instrument. {ALPHANUM-350}
Related derivatives Field to be populated with the ISINs of the related derivatives as specified in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/569, to which the action also relates. {ISIN}If multiple ISINs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple ISINs separated by comma.
Other related instruments Field to be populated with the ISINs of the related derivatives affected by the action. {ISIN}If multiple ISINs have to be provided, this field shall be populated with multiple ISINs separated by comma.
Comments Field to be populated with comments. {ALPHANUM-350}