
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1.. ‘package transaction’ means either of the following:

((a)) a transaction in a derivative contract or other financial instrument contingent on the simultaneous execution of a transaction in an equivalent quantity of an underlying physical asset (Exchange for Physical or EFP);
((b)) a transaction which involves the execution of two or more component transactions in financial instruments; and:

((i)) which is executed between two or more counterparties;
((ii)) where each component of the transaction bears meaningful economic or financial risk related to all the other components;
((iii)) where the execution of each component is simultaneous and contingent upon the execution of all the other components;
2.. ‘request-for-quote system’ means a trading system where the following conditions are met:

((a)) a quote or quotes by a member or participant are provided in response to a request for a quote submitted by one or more other members or participants;
((b)) the quote is executable exclusively by the requesting member or participant;
((c)) the requesting member or market participant may conclude a transaction by accepting the quote or quotes provided to it on request;
3.. ‘voice trading system’ means a trading system where transactions between members are arranged through voice negotiation.
CHAPTER II
Article 2 
Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue shall make public the range of bid and offer prices and the depth of trading interest at those prices, in accordance with the type of trading system they operate and the information requirements set out in Annex I
Article 3 
An order is large in scale compared with normal market size where, at the point of entry of the order or following any amendment to the order, it is equal to or larger than the minimum size of order which shall be determined in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13.
Article 4 

1. The type of order held in an order management facility of a trading venue pending disclosure for which pre-trade transparency obligations may be waived is an order which:
(a) is intended to be disclosed to the order book operated by the trading venue and is contingent on objective conditions that are defined in advance by the system's protocol;
(b) does not interact with other trading interest prior to disclosure to the order book operated by the trading venue;
(c) once disclosed to the order book it interacts with other orders in accordance with the rules applicable to orders of that kind at the time of disclosure.
2. The minimum size of orders held in an order management facility of a trading venue pending disclosure for which pre-trade transparency obligations may be waived shall, at the point of entry and following any amendment, be one of the following:
(a) in the case of a reserve order, greater than or equal to EUR 10 000;
(b) for all other orders, a size that is greater than or equal to the minimum tradable quantity set in advance by the system operator under its rules and protocols.
3. A reserve order referred to in paragraph 2(a) shall be considered a limit order consisting of a disclosed order relating to a portion of the quantity and a non-disclosed order relating to the remainder of the quantity, where the non-disclosed quantity is capable of execution only after its release to the order book as a new disclosed order.
Article 5 

1. An actionable indication of interest is above the size specific to the financial instrument where, at the point of entry or following any amendment, it is equal to or larger than the minimum size of an actionable indication of interest which shall be determined in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13.
2. Indicative pre-trade prices for actionable indications of interest that are above the size specific to the financial instrument determined in accordance with paragraph 1 and smaller than the relevant large in scale size determined in accordance with Article 3 shall be considered close to the price of the trading interests where the trading venue makes public any of the following:
(a) the best available price;
(b) a simple average of prices;
(c) an average price weighted on the basis of the volume, price, time or the number of actionable indications of interest.
3. Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue shall make public the methodology for calculating pre-trade prices and the time of publication when entering and updating indicative pre-trade prices.
Article 6 
A financial instrument or a class of financial instruments shall be considered not to have a liquid market if so specified in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13.
CHAPTER III
Article 7 

1. Investment firms trading outside the rules of a trading venue and market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue shall make public by reference to each transaction the details set out in Tables 1 and 2 of Annex II and use each applicable flag listed in Table 3 of Annex II.
2. Where a previously published trade report is cancelled, investment firms trading outside a trading venue and market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue shall make public a new trade report which contains all the details of the original trade report and the cancellation flag specified in Table 3 of Annex II.
3. Where a previously published trade report is amended, investment firms trading outside a trading venue and market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue shall make the following information public:
(a) a new trade report that contains all the details of the original trade report and the cancellation flag specified in Table 3 of Annex II;
(b) a new trade report that contains all the details of the original trade report with all necessary details corrected and the amendment flag as specified in Table 3 of Annex II.
4. Post-trade information shall be made available as close to real time as is technically possible and in any case:
(a) for the first three years of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, within 15 minutes after the execution of the relevant transaction;
(b) thereafter, within 5 minutes after the execution of the relevant transaction.
5. Where a transaction between two investment firms is concluded outside the rules of a trading venue, either on own account or on behalf of clients, only the investment firm that sells the financial instrument concerned shall make the transaction public through an APA.
6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, where only one of the investment firms party to the transaction is a systematic internaliser in the given financial instrument and it is acting as the buying firm, only that firm shall make the transaction public through an APA, informing the seller of the action taken.
7. Investment firms shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the transaction is made public as a single transaction. For that purpose, two matching trades entered at the same time and for the same price with a single party interposed shall be considered to be a single transaction.
8. Information relating to a package transaction shall be made available with respect to each component as close to real-time as is technically possible, having regard to the need to allocate prices to particular financial instruments and shall include the package transaction flag or the exchange for physicals transaction flag as specified in Table 3 of Annex II. Where the package transaction is eligible for deferred publication pursuant to Article 8, information on all components shall be made available after the deferral period for the transaction has lapsed.
Article 8 

1. Where a competent authority authorises the deferred publication of the details of transactions pursuant to Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, investment firms trading outside a trading venue and market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue shall make public each transaction no later than 19.00 local time on the second working day after the date of the transaction, provided one of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) the transaction is large in scale compared with the normal market size as specified in Article 9;
(b) the transaction is in a financial instrument or a class of financial instruments for which there is not a liquid market as specified in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13;
(c) the transaction is executed between an investment firm dealing on own account other than on a matched principal basis as per Article 4(1)(38) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and another counterparty and is above a size specific to the instrument as specified in Article 10;
(d) the transaction is a package transaction which meets one of the following criteria:
((i)) one or more of its components are transactions in financial instruments which do not have a liquid market;
((ii)) one or more of its components are transactions in financial instruments that are large in scale compared with the normal market size as determined by Article 9;
((iii)) the transaction is executed between an investment firm dealing on own account other than on a matched principal basis as per Article 4(1)(38) of Directive 2014/65/EU and another counterparty, and one or more of its components are transactions in financial instruments that are above the size specific to the instrument as determined by Article 10.
2. When the time limit of deferral set out in paragraph 1 has lapsed, all the details of the transaction shall be published unless an extended or an indefinite time period of deferral is granted in accordance with Article 11.
3. Where a transaction between two investment firms, either on own account or on behalf of clients, is executed outside the rules of a trading venue, the relevant competent authority for the purposes of determining the applicable deferral regime shall be the competent authority of the investment firm responsible for making the trade public through an APA in accordance with paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Article 7.
Article 9 
A transaction shall be considered large in scale compared with normal market size where it is equal to or larger than the minimum size of transaction, which shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13.
Article 10 
A transaction shall be considered above a size specific to the financial instrument where it is equal to or larger than the minimum size of transaction, which shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13.
Article 11 

1. Where competent authorities exercise their powers in conjunction with an authorisation of deferred publication pursuant to Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, the following shall apply:
(a) where Article 11(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 applies, competent authorities shall request the publication of either of the following information during the full period of deferral as set out in Article 8:
((i)) all the details of a transaction laid down in Tables 1 and 2 of Annex II with the exception of details relating to volume;
((ii)) transactions in a daily aggregated form for a minimum number of 5 transactions executed on the same day, to be made public the following working day before 9.00 local time;
(b) where Article 11(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 applies, competent authorities shall allow the omission of the publication of the volume of an individual transaction for an extended time period of four weeks;
(c) in respect of non-equity instruments that are not sovereign debt and where Article 11(3)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 applies, competent authorities shall allow, for an extended time period of deferral of four weeks, the publication of the aggregation of several transactions executed over the course of one calendar week on the following Tuesday before 9.00 local time;
(d) in respect of sovereign debt instruments and where Article 11(3)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 applies, competent authorities shall allow, for an indefinite period of time, the publication of the aggregation of several transactions executed over the course of one calendar week on the following Tuesday before 9.00 local time.
2. Where the extended period of deferral set out in paragraph 1(b) has lapsed, the following requirements shall apply:
(a) in respect of all instruments that are not sovereign debt, the publication of the full details of all individual transactions, on the next working day before 9.00 local time;
(b) in respect of sovereign debt instruments where competent authorities decide not to use the options provided for in Article 11(3)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 consecutively, pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, the publication of the full details of all individual transactions on the next working day before 9.00 local time;
(c) in respect of sovereign debt instruments, where competent authorities apply the options provided for in Article 11(3)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 consecutively pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, the publication of several transactions executed in the same calendar week in an aggregated form on the Tuesday following the expiry of the extended period of deferral of four weeks counting from the last day of that calendar week before 9.00 local time.
3. In respect of all instruments that are not sovereign debt, all the details of the transactions on an individual basis shall be published four weeks after the publication of the aggregated details in accordance with paragraph 1(c) before 9.00 local time.
4. The aggregated daily or weekly data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall contain the following information for bonds, structured finance products, derivatives and emission allowances in respect of each day or week of the calendar period concerned:
(a) the weighted average price;
(b) the total volume traded as referred to in Table 4 of Annex II;
(c) the total number of transactions.
5. Transactions shall be aggregated per ISIN-code. Where the ISIN code is not available, transactions shall be aggregated at the level of the class of financial instruments to which the liquidity test set out in Article 13 applies.
6. Where the weekday foreseen for the publications set out in points (c) and (d) of paragraph 1, and paragraphs 2 and 3, is not a working day, the publications shall be effected on the following working day before 9.00 local time.
Article 12 
The obligation to make public the volume and price of transactions and the time at which they were concluded as set out in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 shall not apply to any of the following:

((a)) transactions listed in Article 2(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590;
((b)) transactions executed by a management company as defined in Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or an alternative investment fund manager as defined in Article 4(1)(b) of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council which transfer the beneficial ownership of financial instruments from one collective investment undertaking to another and where no investment firm is a party to the transaction;
((c)) ‘give-up transaction’ or ‘give-in transaction’ which is a transaction where an investment firm passes a client trade to, or receives a client trade from, another investment firm for the purpose of post-trade processing;
((d)) transfers of financial instruments such as collateral in bilateral transactions or in the context of a central counterparty (CCP) margin or collateral requirements or as part of the default management process of a CCP.
CHAPTER IV
Article 13 

1. For determining financial instruments or classes of financial instruments for which there is not a liquid market for the purposes of Article 6 and point (b) of paragraph 1 of Article 8, the following methodologies shall be applied across asset classes:
(a) Static determination of liquidity for:
((i)) the asset class of securitised derivatives as defined in Table 4.1 of Annex III;
((ii)) the following sub-asset classes of equity derivatives: stock index options, stock index futures/forwards, stock options, stock futures/forwards, stock dividend options, stock dividend futures/forwards, dividend index options, dividend index futures/forwards, volatility index options, volatility index futures/forwards, ETF options, ETF futures/forwards and other equity derivatives as defined in Table 6.1 of Annex III;
((iii)) the asset class of foreign exchange derivatives as defined in Table 8.1 of Annex III;
((iv)) the sub-asset classes of other interest rate derivatives, other commodity derivatives, other credit derivatives, other C10 derivatives, other contracts for difference (CFDs), other emission allowances and other emission allowance derivatives as defined in Tables 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1 and 13.1 of Annex III.
(b) Periodic assessment based on quantitative and, where applicable, qualitative liquidity criteria for:
((i)) all bond types except ETCs and ETNs as defined in Table 2.1 of Annex III and as further specified in Article 17(1);
((ii)) ETC and ETN bond types as defined in Table 2.4 of Annex III;
((iii)) the asset-class of interest rate derivatives except the sub-asset class of other interest rate derivatives as defined in Table 5.1of Annex III;
((iv)) the following sub-asset classes of equity derivatives: swaps and portfolio swaps as defined in Table 6.1 of Annex III;
((v)) the asset-class of commodity derivatives except the sub-asset class of other commodity derivatives as defined in Table 7.1 of Annex III;
((vi)) the following sub-asset classes of credit derivatives: index credit default swaps and single name credit default swaps as defined in Table 9.1 of Annex III;
((vii)) the asset-class of C10 derivatives except the sub-asset class of other C10 derivatives as defined in Table 10.1 of Annex III;
((viii)) the following sub-asset classes of contracts for difference (CFDs): currency CFDs and commodity CFDs as defined in Table 11.1 of Annex III;
((ix)) the asset-class of emission allowances except the sub-asset class of other emission allowances as defined in Table 12.1 of Annex III;
((x)) the asset-class of emission allowance derivatives except the sub-asset class of other emission allowance derivatives as defined in Table 13.1 of Annex III.
(c) Periodic assessment based on qualitative liquidity criteria for:
((i)) the following sub-asset classes of credit derivatives: CDS index options and single name CDS options as defined in Table 9.1 of Annex III;
((ii)) the following sub-asset classes of contracts for difference (CFDs): equity CFDs, bond CFDs, CFDs on an equity future/forward and CFDs on an equity option as defined in Table 11.1 of Annex III.
(d) Periodic assessment based on a two tests methodology for structured finance products as defined in Table 3.1 of Annex III.
2. For determining the size specific to the financial instrument referred to in Article 5 and the orders that are large in scale compared with normal market size referred to in Article 3, the following methodologies shall be applied:
(a) the threshold value for:
((i)) ETC and ETN bond types as defined in Table 2.5 of Annex III;
((ii)) the asset class of securitised derivatives as defined in Table 4.2 of Annex III;
((iii)) each sub-class of equity derivatives as defined in Tables 6.2 and 6.3 of Annex III;
((iv)) each sub-class of foreign exchange derivatives as defined in Table 8.2 of Annex III;
((v)) each sub-class considered not to have a liquid market for the asset classes of interest rate derivatives, commodity derivatives, credit derivatives, C10 derivatives and contracts for difference (CFDs) as defined in Tables 5.3, 7.3, 9.3, 10.3 and 11.3 of Annex III;
((vi)) each sub-asset class considered not to have a liquid market for the asset classes of emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives as defined in Tables 12.3 and 13.3 of Annex III;
((vii)) each structured finance product where Test-1 under paragraph 1(d) is not passed as defined in Table 3.2 of Annex III;
((viii)) each structured finance product considered not to have a liquid market where only Test-1 under paragraph 1(d) is passed as defined in Table 3.3 of Annex III.
(b) the greater of the trade size below which lies the percentage of the transactions corresponding to the trade percentile as further specified in Article 17(3) and the threshold floor for:
((i)) each bond type, except ETCs and ETNs, as defined in Table 2.3 of Annex III;
((ii)) each sub-class having a liquid market for the asset classes of interest rate derivatives, commodity derivatives, credit derivatives, C10 derivatives and CFDs as defined in Tables 5.2, 7.2, 9.2, 10.2 and 11.2 of Annex III;
((iii)) each sub-asset class having a liquid market for the asset classes of emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives as defined in Tables 12.2 and 13.2 of Annex III;
((iv)) each structured finance product considered to have a liquid market where Test-1 and Test-2 under paragraph 1(d) are passed as defined in Table 3.3 of Annex III.
3. For the determination of the size specific to the financial instrument referred to in Article 8(1)(c) and transactions that are large in scale compared with normal market size referred to in Article 8(1)(a), the following methodologies shall be applied:
(a) the threshold value for:
((i)) ETC and ETN bond types as defined in Table 2.5 of Annex III;
((ii)) the asset class of securitised derivatives as defined in Table 4.2 of Annex III;
((iii)) each sub-class of equity derivatives as defined in Tables 6.2 and 6.3 of Annex III;
((iv)) each sub-class of foreign exchange derivatives as defined in Table 8.2 of Annex III;
((v)) each sub-class considered not to have a liquid market for the asset classes of interest rate derivatives, commodity derivatives, credit derivatives, C10 derivatives and contracts for difference (CFDs) as defined in Tables 5.3, 7.3, 9.3, 10.3 and 11.3 of Annex III;
((vi)) each sub-asset class considered not to have a liquid market for the asset class of emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives as defined in Tables 12.3 and 13.3 of Annex III;
((vii)) each structured finance product where Test-1 under paragraph 1(d) is not passed as defined in Table 3.2 of Annex III;
((viii)) each structured finance product considered not to have a liquid market where only Test-1 under paragraph 1(d) is passed as defined in Table 3.3 of Annex III.
(b) the trade size below which lies the percentage of the transactions corresponding to the trade percentile for each bond type, except ETCs and ETNs, as defined in Table 2.3 of Annex III;
(c) the greatest of the trade size below which lies the percentage of the transactions corresponding to the trade percentile, the trade size below which lies the percentage of volume corresponding to the volume percentile and the threshold floor for each sub-class considered to have a liquid market for the asset classes of interest rate derivatives, commodity derivatives, credit derivatives, C10 derivatives and CFDs as provided in Tables 5.2, 7.2, 9.2, 10.2 and 11.2 of Annex III;
(d) the greater of the trade size below which lies the percentage of the transactions corresponding to the trade percentile and the threshold floor for:
((i)) each sub-asset class considered to have a liquid market for the asset classes of emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives as provided in Tables 12.2 and 13.2 of Annex III;
((ii)) each structured finance product considered to have a liquid market where the Test-1 and Test-2 under paragraph 1(d) are passed as defined in Table 3.3 of Annex III.
4. For the purpose of paragraph 3(c) where the trade size corresponding to the volume percentile for the determination of the transaction that is large in scale compared with normal market size is higher than the 97,5 trade percentile, the trade volume shall not be taken into consideration and the size specific to the financial instrument referred to in Article 8(1)(c) and the size of transactions large in scale compared with normal market size referred to in Article 8(1)(a) shall be determined as the greater of the trade size below which lies the percentage of the transactions corresponding to the trade percentile and the threshold floor.
5. In accordance with Delegated Regulations (EU) 2017/590 and (EU) 2017/577 competent authorities shall collect on a daily basis the data from trading venues, APAs and CTPs which is necessary to perform the calculations to determine:
(a) the financial instruments and classes of financial instruments not having a liquid market as set out in paragraph 1;
(b) the sizes large in scale compared to normal market size and the size specific to the instrument as set out in paragraphs 2 and 3.
6. Competent authorities performing the calculations for a class of financial instruments shall establish cooperation arrangements between each other as to ensure the aggregation of the data across the Union necessary for the calculations.
7. For the purpose of paragraph 1(b) and (d), paragraph 2(b) and paragraph 3(b), (c) and (d), competent authorities shall take into account transactions executed in the Union between 1 January and 31 December of the preceding year.
8. The trade size for the purpose of paragraph 2(b) and paragraph 3(b), (c) and (d) shall be determined according to the measure of volume as defined in Table 4 of Annex II. Where the trade size defined for the purpose of paragraphs 2 and 3 is expressed in monetary value and the financial instrument is not denominated in euros, the trade size shall be converted to the currency in which that financial instrument is denominated by applying the European Central Bank euro foreign exchange reference rate as of 31 December of the preceding year.
9. Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue may convert the trade sizes determined according to paragraphs 2 and 3 to the corresponding number of lots as defined in advance by that trading venue for the respective sub-class or sub-asset class. Market operators and investment firms operating a trading venue may maintain such trade sizes until application of the results of the next calculations performed in accordance to paragraph 17.
10. The calculations referred to in paragraph 2(b)(i) and paragraph 3(b) shall exclude transactions with a size equal to or smaller than EUR 100 000.
11. For the purpose of the determinations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, points (b) of paragraph 2 and points (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 3 shall not apply whenever the number of transactions considered for calculations is smaller than 1 000, in which case the following thresholds shall be applied:
(a) EUR 100 000 for all bond types except ETCs and ETNs;
(b) the threshold values defined in paragraph 2(a) and paragraph 3(a) for all financial instruments not covered in point (a) of this paragraph.
12. Except when they refer to emission allowances or derivatives thereof, the calculations referred to in paragraph 2(b) and paragraph 3(b), (c) and (d) shall be rounded up to the next:
(a) 100 000 where the threshold value is smaller than 1 million;
(b) 500 000 where the threshold value is equal to or greater than 1 million but smaller than 10 million;
(c) 5 million where the threshold value is equal to or greater than 10 million but smaller than 100 million;
(d) 25 million where the threshold value is equal to or greater than 100 million.
13. For the purpose of paragraph 1, the quantitative liquidity criteria specified for each asset class in Annex III shall be determined according to Section 1 of Annex III.
14. For equity derivatives that are admitted to trading or first traded on a trading venue, that do not belong to a sub-class for which the size specific to the financial instrument referred to in Article 5 and Article 8(1)(c) and the size of orders and transactions large in scale compared with normal market size referred to in Article 3 and Article 8(1)(a) have been published and which belong to one of the sub-asset classes specified in paragraph 1(a)(ii), the size specific to the financial instrument and the size of orders and transactions large in scale compared with normal market size shall be those applicable to the smallest average daily notional amount (ADNA) band of the sub-asset class to which the equity derivative belongs.
15. Financial instruments admitted to trading or first traded on a trading venue which do not belong to any sub-class for which the size specific to the financial instrument referred to in Article 5 and Article 8(1)(c) and the size of orders and transactions large in scale compared with normal market size referred to in Article 3 and Article 8(1)(a) have been published shall be considered not to have a liquid market until application of the results of the calculations performed in accordance to paragraph 17. The applicable size specific to the financial instrument referred to in Articles 5 and Article 8(1)(c) and the size of orders and transactions large in scale compared with normal market size referred to in Article 3 and Article 8(1)(a) shall be those of the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market belonging to the same sub-asset class.
16. After the end of the trading day but before the end of that day, trading venues shall submit to competent authorities the details included in Annex IV for performing the calculations referred to in paragraph 5 whenever the financial instrument is admitted to trading or first traded on that trading venue or whenever the details previously provided have changed.
17. Competent authorities shall ensure the publication of the results of the calculations referred to under paragraph 5 for each financial instrument and class of financial instrument by 30 April of the year following the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 and by 30 April of each year thereafter. The results of the calculations shall apply from 1 June each year following publication.
18. For the purposes of the calculations in paragraph 1(b)(i) and by way of derogation from paragraphs 7, 15 and 17, competent authorities shall, in respect of bonds except ETCs and ETNs, ensure the publication of the calculations referred to under paragraph 5(a) on a quarterly basis, on the first day of February, May, August and November following the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 and on the first day of February, May, August and November each year thereafter. The calculations shall include transactions executed in the Union during the preceding calendar quarter and shall apply for the 3 month period beginning on the sixteenth day of February, May, August and November each year.
19. Bonds, except for ETCs and ETNs, that are admitted to trading or first traded on a trading venue during the first two months of a quarter shall be considered to have a liquid market as specified in Table 2.2 of Annex III until the application of the results of the calculation of the calendar quarter.
20. Bonds, except for ETCs and ETNs, that are admitted to trading or first traded on a trading venue during the last month of a quarter shall be considered to have a liquid market as specified in Table 2.2 of Annex III until the application of the results of the calculation of the following calendar quarter.
Article 14 
A transaction shall be considered to be entered into by a member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) in performance of monetary, foreign exchange and financial stability policy where that transaction meets any of the following requirements:

((a)) the transaction is carried out for the purposes of monetary policy, including an operation carried out in accordance with Articles 18 and 20 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty on European Union or an operation carried out under equivalent national provisions for members of the ESCB in Member States whose currency is not the euro;
((b)) the transaction is a foreign-exchange operation, including operations carried out to hold or manage official foreign reserves of the Member States or the reserve management service provided by a member of the ESCB to central banks in other countries to which the exemption has been extended in accordance with Article 1(9) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;
((c)) the transaction is carried out for the purposes of financial stability policy.
Article 15 
Article 1(6) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 shall not apply to the following types of transactions entered into by a member of the ESCB for the performance of an investment operation that is unconnected with that member's performance of one of the tasks referred to in Article 14:

((a)) transactions entered into for the management of its own funds;
((b)) transactions entered into for administrative purposes or for the staff of the member of the ESCB which include transactions conducted in the capacity as administrator of a pension scheme for its staff;
((c)) transactions entered into for its investment portfolio pursuant to obligations under national law.
Article 16 

1. For financial instruments for which there is a liquid market in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13, a competent authority may temporarily suspend the obligations set out in Articles 8 and 10 Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 where for a class of bonds, structured finance products, emission allowances or derivatives, the total volume as defined in Table 4 of Annex II calculated for the previous 30 calendar days represents less than 40 % of the average monthly volume calculated for the 12 full calendar months preceding those 30 calendar days.
2. For financial instruments for which there is not a liquid market in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 13, a competent authority may temporarily suspend the obligations referred to in Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 when for a class of bonds, structured finance products, emission allowances or derivatives, the total volume as defined in Table 4 of Annex II calculated for the previous 30 calendar days represents less than 20 % of the average monthly volume calculated for the 12 full calendar months preceding those 30 calendar days.
3. Competent authorities shall take into account the transactions executed on all venues in the Union for the class of bonds, structured finance products, emission allowances or derivatives concerned when performing the calculations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. The calculations shall be performed at the level of the class of financial instruments to which the liquidity test set out in Article 13 is applied.
4. Before competent authorities decide to suspend transparency obligations, they shall ensure that the significant decline in liquidity across all venues is not the result of seasonal effects of the relevant class of financial instruments on liquidity.
Article 17 

1. For determining the bonds for which there is not a liquid market for the purposes of Article 6 and according to the methodology specified in Article 13(1)(b), the approach for the liquidity criterion ‘average daily number of trades’ shall be taken applying the ‘average daily number of trades’ corresponding to stage S1 (15 daily trades).
2. Corporate bonds and covered bonds that are admitted to trading or first traded on a trading venue shall be considered to have a liquid market until the application of the results of the first quarterly liquidity determination as set out in Article 13(18) where:
(a) the issuance size exceeds EUR 1 000 000 000 during stages S1 and S2, as determined in accordance with paragraph 6;
(b) the issuance size exceeds EUR 500 000 000 during stages S3 and S4, as determined in accordance with paragraph 6.
3. For determining the size specific to the financial instrument for the purposes of Article 5 and according to the methodology specified in Article 13(2)(b), the approach for the trade percentile to be applied shall be used applying the trade percentile corresponding to the stage S1 (30th percentile).
4. ESMA shall, by 30 July of the year following the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 and by 30 July of each year thereafter, submit to the Commission an assessment of the operation of the thresholds for the liquidity criterion 'average daily number of trades' for bonds as well as the trade percentiles that determine the size specific to the financial instruments covered by paragraph 8. The obligation to submit the assessment of the operation of the thresholds for the liquidity criterion for bonds ceases once S4 in the sequence of paragraph 6 is reached. The obligation to submit the assessment of the trade percentiles ceases once S4 in the sequence of paragraph 8 is reached.
5. The assessment referred to in paragraph 4 shall take into account:
(a) the evolution of trading volumes in non-equity instruments covered by the pre-trade transparency obligations pursuant to Article 8 and 9 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;
(b) the impact on liquidity providers of the percentile thresholds used to determine the size specific to the financial instrument; and
(c) any other relevant factors.
6. ESMA shall, in light of the assessment undertaken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, submit to the Commission an amended version of the regulatory technical standard adjusting the threshold for the liquidity criterion ‘average daily number of trades’ for bonds according to the following sequence:
(a) S2 (10 daily trades) by 30 July of the year following the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;
(b) S3 (7 daily trades) by 30 July of the year thereafter; and
(c) S4 (2 daily trades) by 30 July of the year thereafter.
7. Where ESMA does not submit an amended regulatory technical standard adjusting the threshold to the next stage according to the sequence referred to in paragraph 6, the ESMA assessment undertaken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 shall explain why adjusting the threshold to the relevant next stage is not warranted. In this instance, the move to the next stage will be postponed by one year.
8. ESMA shall, in light of the assessment undertaken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5, submit to the Commission an amended version of the regulatory technical standard adjusting the threshold for trade percentiles according to the following sequence:
(a) S2 (40th percentile) by 30 July of the year following the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;
(b) S3 (50th percentile) by 30 July of the year thereafter; and
(c) S4 (60th percentile) by 30 July of the year thereafter.
9. Where ESMA does not submit an amended regulatory technical standard adjusting the threshold to the next stage according to the sequence referred to in paragraph 8, the ESMA assessment undertaken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 shall explain why adjusting the threshold to the relevant next stage is not warranted. In this instance, the move to the next stage will be postponed by one year.
Article 18 

1. Competent authorities shall, no later than six months prior to the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, collect the necessary data, calculate and ensure publication of the details referred to in Article 13(5).
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1:
(a) the calculations shall be based on a six-month reference period commencing 18 months prior to the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014;
(b) the results of the calculations contained in the first publication shall be used until the results of the first regular calculations set out in Article 13(17) apply.
3. By derogation from paragraph 1, for all bonds, except ETCs and ETNs, competent authorities shall use their best endeavours to ensure publication of the results of the transparency calculations specified in paragraph 1(b)(i) of Article 13 no later than on the first day of the month preceding the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, based on a reference period of three months commencing on the first day of the fifth month preceding the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014.
4. Competent authorities, market operators and investment firms including investment firms operating a trading venue shall use the information published in accordance with paragraph 3 until the results of the first regular calculation set out in Article 13(18) apply.
5. Bonds, except for ETCs and ETNs, which are admitted to trading or first traded on a trading venue in the three month period preceding the date of application of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 shall be considered not to have a liquid market as set out in Table 2.2 of Annex III until the results of the first regular calculation set out in Article 13(18) apply.
Article 19 
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. However, Article 18 shall apply from the date of the entry of force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 July 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX I
Description of the type of system and the related information to be made public in accordance with Article 2 

Type of system Description of system Information to be made public
Continuous auction order book trading system A system that by means of an order book and a trading algorithm operated without human intervention matches sell orders with buy orders on the basis of the best available price on a continuous basis. For each financial instrument, the aggregate number of orders and the volume they represent at each price level, for at least the five best bid and offer price levels.
Quote-driven trading system A system where transactions are concluded on the basis of firm quotes that are continuously made available to participants, which requires the market makers to maintain quotes in a size that balances the needs of members and participants to deal in a commercial size and the risk to which the market maker exposes itself. For each financial instrument, the best bid and offer by price of each market maker in that instrument, together with the volumes attaching to those prices.The quotes made public shall be those that represent binding commitments to buy and sell the financial instruments and which indicate the price and volume of financial instruments in which the registered market makers are prepared to buy or sell. In exceptional market conditions, however, indicative or one-way prices may be allowed for a limited time.
Periodic auction trading system A system that matches orders on the basis of a periodic auction and a trading algorithm operated without human intervention. For each financial instrument, the price at which the auction trading system would best satisfy its trading algorithm and the volume that would potentially be executable at that price by participants in that system.
Request-for-quote trading system A trading system where a quote or quotes are provided in response to a request for a quote submitted by one or more other members or participants. The quote is executable exclusively by the requesting member or market participant. The requesting member or participant may conclude a transaction by accepting the quote or quotes provided to it on request. The quotes and the attaching volumes from any member or participant which, if accepted, would lead to a transaction under the system's rules. All submitted quotes in response to a request for quote may be published at the same time but not later than when they become executable.
Voice trading system A trading system where transactions between members are arranged through voice negotiation. The bids and offers and the attaching volumes from any member or participant which, if accepted, would lead to a transaction under the system's rules
Trading system not covered by first 5 rows A hybrid system falling into two or more of the first five rows or a system where the price determination process is of a different nature than that applicable to the types of system covered by first five rows. Adequate information as to the level of orders or quotes and of trading interest; in particular, the five best bid and offer price levels and/or two-way quotes of each market maker in the instrument, if the characteristics of the price discovery mechanism so permit.

ANNEX II
SYMBOL DATA TYPE DEFINITION
{ALPHANUM-n} Up to n alphanumerical characters Free text field.
{CURRENCYCODE_3} 3 alphanumerical characters 3 letter currency code, as defined by ISO 4217 currency codes
{DATE_TIME_FORMAT} ISO 8601 date and time format Date and time in the following format:YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ddddddZ.Where:
— ‘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.dddddd’ is the second and its fraction of a second;
— Z is UTC time.Dates and times shall be reported in UTC.
{DECIMAL-n/m} Decimal number of up to n digits in total of which up to m digits can be fraction digits Numerical field for both positive and negative values:
— decimal separator is ‘.’ (full stop);
— negative numbers are prefixed with ‘-’ (minus).Where applicable, values shall be rounded and not truncated.
{ISIN} 12 alphanumerical characters ISIN code, as defined in ISO 6166
{MIC} 4 alphanumerical characters Market identifier as defined in ISO 10383
Details Financial instruments Description/Details to be published Type of execution/publication venue Format to be populated as defined in Table 1
Trading date and time For all financial instruments Date and time when the transaction was executed.For transactions executed on a trading venue, the level of granularity shall be in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/574.For transactions not executed on a trading venue, the date and time shall be when the parties agree the content of the following fields: quantity, price, currencies (in fields 31, 34 and 40 as specified in Table 2 of Annex I of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590, instrument identification code, instrument classification and underlying instrument code, where applicable. For transactions not executed on a trading venue the time reported shall be granular to at least the nearest second.Where the transaction results from an order transmitted by the executing firm on behalf of a client to a third party where the conditions for transmission set out in Article 5 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590 were not satisfied, this shall be the date and time of the transaction rather than the time of the order transmission. Regulated Market (RM), Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), Organised Trading Facility (OTF)Approved Publication Arrangement (APA)Consolidated tape provider (CTP) {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Instrument identification code type For all financial instruments Code type used to identify the financial instrument RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP ‘ISIN’ = ISIN-code, where ISIN is available‘OTHR’ = other identifier
Instrument identification code For all financial instruments Code used to identify the financial instrument RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {ISIN}Where Instrument identification code is not an ISIN, an identifier that identifies the derivative instrument based on the fields 3 to 5, 7 and 8 and 12 to 42 as specified in Annex IV and fields 13 and 24 to 48 as specified in the Annex of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/585 and the grouping of derivative instruments as set out in Annex III.
Price For all financial instruments Traded price of the transaction excluding, where applicable, commission and accrued interest.In the case of option contracts, it shall be the premium of the derivative contract per underlying or index point.In the case of spread bets it shall be the reference price of the underlying instrument.For credit default swaps (CDS) it shall be the coupon in basis points.Where price is reported in monetary terms, it shall be provided in the major currency unit.Where price is currently not available but pending, the value should be ‘PNDG’.Where price is not applicable the field shall not be populated.The information reported in this field shall be consistent with the value provided in field Quantity. RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {DECIMAL-18/13} in case the price is expressed as monetary value{DECIMAL-11/10} in case the price is expressed as percentage or yield‘PNDG’ in case the price is not available{DECIMAL-18/17} in case the price is expressed as basis points
Venue of execution For all financial instruments Identification of the venue where the transaction was executed.Use the ISO 10383 segment MIC for transactions executed on a trading venue. Where the segment MIC does not exist, use the operating MIC.Use MIC code ‘XOFF’ for financial instruments admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue, where the transaction on that financial instrument is not executed on a trading venue or systematic internaliser or organised trading platform outside of the Union.Use SINT for financial instrument submitted to trading or traded on a trading venue, where the transaction on that financial instrument is executed on a Systematic Internaliser. RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {MIC} –trading venues‘SINT’ — systematic internaliser
Price notation For all financial instruments Indication as to whether the price is expressed in monetary value, in percentage or in yield RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP ‘MONE’ — Monetary value‘PERC’ — Percentage‘YIEL’ — Yield‘BAPO’ — Basis points
Price Currency For all financial instruments Currency in which the price is expressed (applicable if the price is expressed as monetary value) RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {CURRENCYCODE_3}
Notation of the quantity in measurement unit For commodity derivatives, emission allowance derivatives and emission allowances except in the cases described under Article 11(1) letters (a) and (b) of this Regulation. Indication of measurement units in which the quantity in measurement unit is expressed RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP ‘TOCD’ — tons of carbon dioxide equivalentOr{ALPHANUM-25} otherwise
Quantity in measurement unit For commodity derivatives, emission allowance derivatives and emission allowances except in the cases described under Article 11(1) letters (a) and (b) of this Regulation. The equivalent amount of commodity or emission allowance traded expressed in measurement unit RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {DECIMAL-18/17}
Quantity For all financial instruments except in the cases described under Article 11(1) letters (a) and (b) of this Regulation. The number of units of the financial instrument, or the number of derivative contracts in the transaction. RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {DECIMAL-18/17}
Notional amount For all financial instruments except in the cases described under Article 11(1) letters (a) and (b) of this Regulation. Nominal amount or notional amountFor spread bets, the notional amount shall be the monetary value wagered per point movement in the underlying financial instrument.For credit default swaps, it shall be the notional amount for which the protection is acquired or disposed of.The information reported in this field shall be consistent with the value provided in field Price RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {DECIMAL-18/5}
Notional currency For all financial instruments except in the cases described under Article 11(1) letters (a) and (b) of the Regulation. Currency in which the notional is denominated RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {CURRENCYCODE_3}
Type For emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives only This field is only applicable for emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives. RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP ‘EUAE’ — EUA‘CERE’ — CER‘ERUE’ — ERU‘EUAA’ — EUAA‘OTHR’ — Other (for derivatives only)
Publication Date and Time For all financial instruments Date and time when the transaction was published by a trading venue or APA.For transactions executed on a trading venue, the level of granularity shall be in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/574.For transactions not executed on a trading venue, the time reported shall be granular to at least the nearest second. RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {DATE_TIME_FORMAT}
Venue of publication For all financial instruments Code used to identify the trading venue and APA publishing the transaction. CTP Trading venue: {MIC}APA: {MIC} where available. Otherwise, 4 character code as published in the list of data reporting services providers on ESMA's website.
Transaction Identification Code For all financial instruments Alphanumerical code assigned by trading venues (pursuant to Article 12 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/580 and APAs and used in any subsequent reference to the specific trade.The transaction identification code shall be unique, consistent and persistent per ISO 10383 segment MIC and per trading day. Where the trading venue does not use segment MICs, the transaction identification code shall be unique, consistent and persistent per operating MIC per trading day.Where the APA does not use MICs, it should be unique, consistent and persistent per 4-character code used to identify the APA per trading day.The components of the transaction identification code shall not disclose the identity of the counterparties to the transaction for which the code is maintained RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP {ALPHANUMERICAL-52}
Transaction to be cleared For derivatives Code to identify whether the transaction will be cleared. RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP ‘true’ — transaction to be cleared‘false’ — transaction not to be cleared


 Flag Name of Flag Type of execution/publication venue Description
 ‘BENC’ Benchmark transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP All kinds of volume weighted average price transactions and all other trades where the price is calculated over multiple time instances according to a given benchmark.
 ‘ACTX’ Agency cross transaction flag APACTP Transactions where an investment firm has brought together two clients' orders with the purchase and the sale conducted as one transaction and involving the same volume and price.
 ‘NPFT’ Non-price forming transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFCTP All types of transactions listed under Article 12 of this Regulation and which do not contribute to the price formation.
 ‘LRGS’ Post-trade LIS transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transactions executed under the post-trade large in scale deferral.
 ‘ILQD’ Illiquid instrument transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transactions executed under the deferral for instruments for which there is not a liquid market.
 ‘SIZE’ Post-trade SSTI transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transactions executed under the post-trade size specific to the instrument deferral.
 ‘TPAC’ Package transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Package transactions which are not exchange for physicals as defined in Article 1.
 ‘XFPH’ Exchange for physicals transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Exchange for physicals as defined in Article 1
 ‘CANC’ Cancellation flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP When a previously published transaction is cancelled.
 ‘AMND’ Amendment flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP When a previously published transaction is amended.
SUPPLEMENTARY DEFERRAL FLAGS
Article 11(1)(a)(i). ‘LMTF’ Limited details flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP First report with publication of limited details in accordance with Article 11(1)(a)(i).
‘FULF’ Full details flag Transaction for which limited details have been previously published in accordance with Article 11(1)(a)(i).
Article 11(1)(a)(ii). ‘DATF’ Daily aggregated transaction flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Publication of daily aggregated transaction in accordance with Article 11(1)(a)(ii).
‘FULA’ Full details flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Individual transactions for which aggregated details have been previously published in accordance with Article 11(1)(a)(ii).
Article 11(1)(b) ‘VOLO’ Volume omission flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transaction for which limited details are published in accordance with Article 11(1)(b).
‘FULV’ Full details flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transaction for which limited details have been previously published in accordance with Article 11(1)(b)
Article 11(1)(c) ‘FWAF’ Four weeks aggregation flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Publication of aggregated transactions in accordance with Article 11(1)(c).
‘FULJ’ Full details flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Individual transactions which have previously benefited from aggregated publication in accordance with Article 11(1)(c).
Article 11(1)(d) ‘IDAF’ Indefinite aggregation flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transactions for which the publication of several transactions in aggregated form for an indefinite period of time has been allowed in accordance with Article 11(1)(d).
Consecutive use of Article 11(1)(b) and Article 11(2)(c) for sovereign debt instruments ‘VOLW’ Volume omission flag RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transaction for which limited are published in accordance with Article 11(1)(b) and for which the publication of several transactions in aggregated form for an indefinite period of time will be consecutively allowed in accordance with Article 11(2)(c).
‘COAF’ Consecutive aggregation flag (post volume omission for sovereign debt instruments) RM, MTF, OTFAPACTP Transactions for which limited details have been previously published in accordance with Article 11(1)(b) and for which the publication of several transactions in aggregated form for an indefinite period of time has consecutively been allowed in accordance with Article 11(2)(c).
Type of instrument Volume
All bonds except ETCs and ETNs and structured finance products Total nominal value of debt instruments traded
ETCs and ETNs bond types Number of units traded
Securitised derivatives Number of units traded
Interest rate derivatives Notional amount of traded contracts
Foreign Exchange Derivatives Notional amount of traded contracts
Equity derivatives Notional amount of traded contracts
Commodity derivatives Notional amount of traded contracts
Credit derivatives Notional amount of traded contracts
Contract for differences Notional amount of traded contracts
C10 derivatives Notional amount of traded contracts
Emission allowance derivatives Tons of Carbon Dioxide equivalent
Emission allowances Tons of Carbon Dioxide equivalent

ANNEX III
1. 

1.. A reference to an ‘asset class’ means a reference to the following classes of financial instruments: bonds, structured finance products, securitised derivatives, interest rate derivatives, equity derivatives, commodity derivatives, foreign exchange derivatives, credit derivatives, C10 derivatives, CFDs, emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives.
2.. A reference to a ‘sub-asset class’ means a reference to an asset class segmented to a more granular level on the basis of the contract type and/or the type of underlying.
3.. A reference to a ‘sub-class’ means a reference to a sub-asset class segmented to a more granular level on basis of further qualitative segmentation criteria as set out in Tables 2.1 to 13.3 of this Annex.
4.. ‘Average daily turnover (ADT)’ means the total turnover for a particular financial instrument determined according to the volume measure set out in Table 4 of Annex II and executed in the period set out in Article 13(7), divided by the number of trading days in that period or, where applicable, that part of the year during which the financial instrument was admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue and was not suspended from trading.
5.. ‘Average daily notional amount (ADNA)’ means the total notional amount for a particular financial instrument determined according to the volume measure set out in Table 4 of Annex II and executed in the period set out in Article 13(18) for all bonds except ETCs and ETNs and in Article 13(7) for all the other financial instruments, divided by the number of trading days in that period or, where applicable, that part of the year during which the financial instrument was admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue and was not suspended from trading.
6.. ‘Percentage of days traded over the period considered’ means the number of days in the period set out in Article 13(18) for all bonds except ETCs and ETNs and in Article 13(7) for structured finance products, on which at least one transaction has been executed for that financial instrument, divided by the number of trading days in that period or, where applicable, that part of the year during which the financial instrument was admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue and was not suspended from trading.
7.. ‘Average daily number of trades’ means the total number of transactions executed for a particular financial instrument in the period set out in Article 13(18) for all bonds except ETCs and ETN and in Article 13(7) all the other financial instruments, divided by the number of trading days in that period or, where applicable, that part of the year during which the financial instrument was admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue and was not suspended from trading.
8.. ‘Future’ means a contract to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument in a designated future date at a price agreed upon at the initiation of the contract by the buyer and seller. Every futures contract has standard terms that dictate the minimum quantity and quality that can be bought or sold, the smallest amount by which the price may change, delivery procedures, maturity date and other characteristics related to the contract.
9.. ‘Option’ means a contract that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) a specific financial instrument or commodity at a predetermined price, strike or exercise price, at or up to a certain future date or exercise date.
10.. ‘Swap’ means a contract in which two parties agree to exchange cash flows in one financial instrument for those of another financial instrument at a certain future date.
11.. ‘Portfolio Swap’ means a contract by which end-users can trade multiple swaps.
12.. ‘Forward’ or ‘Forward agreement’ means a private agreement between two parties to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at a designated future date at a price agreed upon at the initiation of the contract by the buyer and seller.
13.. ‘Swaption’ means a contract that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to enter a swap at or up to a certain future date or exercise date.
14.. ‘Future on a swap’ means a future contract that gives the owner the obligation, to enter a swap at or up to a certain future date.
15.. ‘Forward on a swap’ means a forward contract that gives the owner the obligation, to enter a swap at or up to a certain future date.

2. 

Asset class — Bonds (all bond types except ETCs and ETNs)
Each individual financial instrument shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria on a cumulative basis
Average daily notional amount[quantitative liquidity criteria 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criteria 2] Percentage of days traded over the period considered[quantitative liquidity criteria 3]
EUR 100 000 S1 S2 S3 S4 80 %
15 10 7 2


Asset class — Bonds (all bond types except ETCs and ETNs)
Each individual bond shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Article 13(18) if it is characterised by a specific combination of bond type and issuance size as specified in each row of the table.
Bond Type  Issuance size
Sovereign Bond means a bond issued by a sovereign issuer which is either:
((a)) the Union;
((b)) a Member State including a government department, an agency or a special purpose vehicle of a Member State;
((c)) a sovereign entity which is not listed under points (a) and (b). smaller than (in EUR) 1 000 000 000
Other Public Bond means a bond issued by any of the following public issuers:
((a)) in the case of a federal Member State, a member of that federation;
((b)) a special purpose vehicle for several Member States;
((c)) an international financial institution established by two or more Member States which have the purpose of mobilising funding and providing financial assistance to the benefit of its members that are experiencing or are threatened by severe financial problems;
((d)) the European Investment Bank;
((e)) a public entity which is not an issuer of a sovereign bond as specified in the previous row. smaller than (in EUR) 500 000 000
Convertible Bond means an instrument consisting of a bond or a securitised debt instrument with an embedded derivative, such as an option to buy the underlying equity smaller than (in EUR) 500 000 000
Covered Bond means bonds as referred to in Article 52(4) of Directive 2009/65/EC during stages S1 and S2 during stages S3 and S4
smaller than (in EUR) 1 000 000 000 smaller than (in EUR) 500 000 000
Corporate Bond means a bond that is issued by a Societas Europaea established in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 or a type of company listed in Article 1 of Directive 2009/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or equivalent in third countries during stages S1 and S2 during stages S3 and S4
smaller than (in EUR) 1 000 000 000 smaller than (in EUR) 500 000 000
Bond Type For the purpose of the determination of the financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Article 13(18), the following methodology shall be applied
Other Bond A bond that does not belong to any of the above bond types is considered not to have a liquid market




Asset class — Bonds (all bond types except ETCs and ETNs)
Bond Type Transactions to be considered for the calculation of the thresholds per bond type Percentiles to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for each bond type
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile threshold floor Trade — percentile threshold floor Trade — percentile Trade — percentile
Sovereign Bond transactions executed on Sovereign Bonds following the exclusion of transactions as specified in Article 13(10) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 300 000 70 EUR 300 000 80 90
30 40 50 60
Other Public Bond transactions executed on Other Public Bonds following the exclusion of transactions as specified in Article 13(10) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 300 000 70 EUR 300 000 80 90
30 40 50 60
Convertible Bond transactions executed on Convertible Bonds following the exclusion of transactions as specified in Article 13(10) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 200 000 70 EUR 200 000 80 90
30 40 50 60
Covered Bond transactions executed on Covered Bonds following the exclusion of transactions as specified in Article 13(10) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 300 000 70 EUR 300 000 80 90
30 40 40 40
Corporate Bond transactions executed on Corporate Bonds following the exclusion of transactions as specified in Article 13(10) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 200 000 70 EUR 200 000 80 90
30 40 50 60
Other Bonds transactions executed on Other Bonds following the exclusion of transactions as specified in Article 13(10) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 200 000 70 EUR 200 000 80 90
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Bonds (ETC and ETN bond types)
Bond type Each individual financial instrument shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily turnover (ADT)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs)a debt instrument issued against a direct investment by the issuer in commodities or commodities derivative contracts. The price of an ETC is directly or indirectly linked to the performance of the underlying. An ETC passively tracks the performance of the commodity or commodity indices to which it refers. EUR 500 000 10
Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs)a debt instrument issued against a direct investment by the issuer in the underlying or underlying derivative contracts. The price of an ETN is directly or indirectly linked to the performance of the underlying. An ETN passively tracks the performance of the underlying to which it refers. EUR 500 000 10


Asset class — Bonds (ETC and ETN bond types)
Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for each individual instrument determined to have a liquid market
Bond type SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
ETCs EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 50 000 000
ETNs EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 50 000 000
Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for each individual instrument determined not to have a liquid market
Bond type SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
ETCs EUR 900 000 EUR 900 000 EUR 45 000 000 EUR 45 000 000
ETNs EUR 900 000 EUR 900 000 EUR 45 000 000 EUR 45 000 000

3. 

Asset class — Structured Finance Products (SFPs)
Test 1 — SFPs asset-class assessment
SFPs asset-class assessment for the purpose of the determination of the financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b)
Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the values related to the quantitative liquidity criteria for the purpose of the SFPs asset-class assessment The SFPs asset-class shall be assessed by application of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Transactions executed in all SFPs EUR 300 000 000 500
Test 2 — SFPs not having a liquid market
If the values related to the quantitative liquidity criteria are both above the quantitative liquidity thresholds set for the purpose of the SFPs asset-class assessment, then Test 1 is passed and Test-2 shall be performed. Each individual financial instrument shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2] Percentage of days traded over the period considered[quantitative liquidity criteria 3]
EUR 100 000 2 80 %


Asset class — Structured Finance Products (SFPs)
Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for all SFPs if Test 1 is not passed
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
EUR 100 000 EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 1 000 000

Asset class — Structured Finance Products (SFPs)
Transactions to be considered for the calculation of the thresholds Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for SFPs determined to have a liquid market if Test 1 is passed
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor
Transactions executed in all SFPs determined to have a liquid market S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 100 000 70 EUR 250 000 80 EUR 500 000 90 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for SFPs determined not to have a liquid market if Test 1 is passed
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
EUR 100 000 EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 1 000 000
4.  Table 4.1 
means a transferable security as defined in Article 4(1)(44)(c) of Directive 2014/65/EU different from structured finance products and should include at least:


((a)) plain vanilla covered warrants means securities giving the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase (sell), at or by the expiry date, a specific amount of the underlying asset at a predetermined strike price or, in case cash settlement has been fixed, the payment of the positive difference between the current market price (the strike price) and the strike price (the current market price);
((b)) leverage certificates means certificates that track the performance of the underlying asset with leverage effect;
((c)) exotic covered warrants means covered warrants whose main component is a combination of options;
((d)) negotiable rights;
((e)) investment certificates means certificates that track the performance of the underlying asset without leverage effect.

all securitised derivatives are considered to have a liquid market


Asset class — Securitised Derivatives
Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000

5. 

Asset class — Interest Rate Derivatives
any contract as defined in Annex I, Section C(4) of Directive 2014/65/EU whose ultimate underlying is an interest rate, a bond, a loan, any basket, portfolio or index including an interest rate, a bond, a loan or any other product representing the performance of an interest rate, a bond, a loan.
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria. For sub-classes determined to have a liquid market the additional qualitative liquidity criterion, where applicable, shall be applied
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2] Additional qualitative liquidity criterion
Bond futures/forwards a bond future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — issuer of the underlying
 Segmentation criterion 2 — term of the underlying deliverable bond defined as follows:
 Short-term: the underlying deliverable bond with a term between 1 and 4 years shall be considered to have a short-term
 Medium-term: the underlying deliverable bond with a term between 4 and 8 years shall be considered to have a medium-term
 Long-term: the underlying deliverable bond with a term between 8 and 15 years shall be considered to have a long-term
 Ultra-long-term: the underlying deliverable bond with a term longer than 15 years shall be considered to have an ultra-long-term
 Segmentation criterion 3 — time to maturity bucket of the future defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 5 000 000 10 whenever a sub-class is determined to have a liquid market with respect to a specific time to maturity bucket and the sub-class defined by the next time to maturity bucket is determined not to have a liquid market, the first back month contract is determined to have a liquid market 2 weeks before expiration of the front month
Bond options a bond option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying bond or underlying bond future/forward
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 5 000 000 10 
IR futures and FRA an interest rate future sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying interest rate
 Segmentation criterion 2 — term of the underlying interest rate
 Segmentation criterion 3 — time to maturity bucket of the future defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 500 000 000 10 whenever a sub-class is determined to have a liquid market with respect to a specific time to maturity bucket and the sub-class defined by the next time to maturity bucket is determined not to have a liquid market, the first back month contract is determined to have a liquid market 2 weeks before expiration of the front month
IR options an interest rate option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying interest rate or underlying interest rate future or FRA
 Segmentation criterion 2 — term of the underlying interest rate
 Segmentation criterion 3 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 500 000 000 10 
Swaptions a swaption sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying swap type defined as follows: fixed-to-fixed single currency swap, futures/forwards on fixed-to-fixed single currency swap, fixed-to-float single currency swap, futures/forwards on fixed-to-float single currency swap, float-to-float single currency swap, futures/forwards on float-to-float single currency swap, inflation single currency swap, futures/forwards on inflation single currency swap, OIS single currency swap, futures/forwards on OIS single currency swap, fixed-to-fixed multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on fixed-to-fixed multi-currency swap, fixed-to-float multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on fixed-to-float multi-currency swap, float-to-float multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on float-to-float multi-currency swap, inflation multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on inflation multi-currency swap, OIS multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on OIS multi-currency swap
 Segmentation criterion 2 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the option is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 3 — inflation index if the underlying swap type is either an inflation single currency swap or an inflation multi-currency swap
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 500 000 000 10 
Segmentation criterion 5 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 4: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 5 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 5 years < time to maturity ≤ 10 years
 Maturity bucket 6: over 10 years
Fixed-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in different currencies and the cash flows of one leg are determined by a fixed interest rate while those of the other leg are determined by a floating interest rate a fixed-to-float multi-currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Float-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Float-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in different currencies and where the cash flows of both legs are determined by floating interest rates a float-to-float multi-currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Fixed-to-Fixed ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Fixed ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in different currencies and where the cash flows of both legs are determined by fixed interest rates a fixed-to-fixed multi-currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in different currencies and where the cash flows of at least one leg are determined by an Overnight Index Swap (OIS) rate an overnight index swap (OIS) multi-currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Inflation ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Inflation ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in different currencies and where the cash flows of at least one leg are determined by an inflation rate an inflation multi-currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Fixed-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in the same currency and the cash flows of one leg are determined by a fixed interest rate while those of the other leg are determined by a floating interest rate a fixed-to-float single currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Float-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Float-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in the same currency and where the cash flows of both legs are determined by floating interest rates a float-to-float single currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Fixed-to-Fixed ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Fixed ‘single currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in the same currency and where the cash flows of both legs are determined by fixed interest rates a fixed-to-fixed single currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘single currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in the same currency and where the cash flows of at least one leg are determined by an Overnight Index Swap (OIS) rate an overnight index swap (OIS) single currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Inflation ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Inflation ‘single currency swaps’a swap or a future/forward on a swap where two parties exchange cash flows denominated in the same currency and where the cash flows of at least one leg are determined by an inflation rate an inflation single currency sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — notional currency in which the two legs of the swap are denominated
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 10 
Asset class — Interest Rate Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), the following methodology shall be applied
Other Interest Rate Derivatives 
an interest rate derivative that does not belong to any of the above sub-asset classes any other interest rate derivative is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Interest Rate Derivatives
Sub-asset class Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for each sub-class determined to have a liquid market
Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the thresholds SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor
Bond futures/forwards calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 20 000 000 90 70 EUR 25 000 000
30 40 50 60
Bond options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 20 000 000 90 70 EUR 25 000 000
30 40 50 60
IR futures and FRA calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 5 000 000 70 EUR 10 000 000 80 60 EUR 20 000 000 90 70 EUR 25 000 000
30 40 50 60
IR options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 5 000 000 70 EUR 10 000 000 80 60 EUR 20 000 000 90 70 EUR 25 000 000
30 40 50 60
Swaptions calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Fixed-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Float-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Float-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Fixed-to-Fixed ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Fixed ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Inflation ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Inflation ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Fixed-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Float-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Float-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Fixed-to-Fixed ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Fixed ‘single currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘single currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Inflation ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Inflation ‘single currency swaps’ calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 4 000 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 9 000 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Interest Rate Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for each sub-class determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Bond futures/forwards EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Bond options EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
IR futures and FRA EUR 5 000 000 EUR 10 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
IR options EUR 5 000 000 EUR 10 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Swaptions EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Fixed-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Float-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Float-to-Float ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Fixed-to-Fixed ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Fixed ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Inflation ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Inflation ‘multi-currency swaps’ or ‘cross-currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Fixed-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Float-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Float-to-Float ‘single currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Fixed-to-Fixed ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Fixed-to-Fixed ‘single currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Overnight Index Swap (OIS) ‘single currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Inflation ‘single currency swaps’ and futures/forwards on Inflation ‘single currency swaps’ EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000
Other Interest Rate Derivatives EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 9 000 000 EUR 10 000 000

6. 

Asset class — Equity Derivatives
any contract as defined Annex I, Section C(4) of Directive 2014/65/EU related to:
((a)) one or more shares, depositary receipts, ETFs, certificates, other similar financial instruments, cash-flows or other products related to the performance of one or more shares, depositary receipts, ETFs, certificates, or other similar financial instruments;
((b)) an index of shares, depositary receipts, ETFs, certificates, other similar financial instruments, cash-flows or other products related to the performance of one or more shares, depositary receipts, ETFs, certificates, or other similar financial instruments
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Stock index optionsan option whose underlying is an index composed of shares all index options are considered to have a liquid market
Stock index futures/forwardsa future/forward whose underlying is an index composed of shares all index futures/forwards are considered to have a liquid market
Stock optionsan option whose underlying is a share or a basket of shares resulting from a corporate action all stock options are considered to have a liquid market
Stock futures/forwardsa future/forward whose underlying is a share or a basket of shares resulting from a corporate action all stock futures/forwards are considered to have a liquid market
Stock dividend optionsan option on the dividend of a specific share all stock dividend options are considered to have a liquid market
Stock dividend futures/forwardsa future/forward on the dividend of a specific share all stock dividend futures/forwards are considered to have a liquid market
Dividend index optionsan option on an index composed of dividends of more than one share all dividend index options are considered to have a liquid market
Dividend index futures/forwardsa future/forward on an index composed of dividends of more than one share all dividend index futures/forwards are considered to have a liquid market
Volatility index optionsan option whose underlying is a volatility index defined as an index relating to the volatility of a specific underlying index of equity instruments all volatility index options are considered to have a liquid market
Volatility index futures/forwardsa future/forward whose underlying is a volatility index defined as an index relating to the volatility of a specific underlying index of equity instruments all volatility index futures/forwards are considered to have a liquid market
ETF optionsan option whose underlying is an ETF all ETF options are considered to have a liquid market
ETF futures/forwardsa future/forward whose underlying is an ETF all ETF futures/forwards are considered to have a liquid market
Asset class — Equity Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Swaps a swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying type: single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 3 — parameter: price return basic performance parameter, parameter return dividend, parameter return variance, parameter return volatility
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows: EUR 50 000 000 15
Price return basic performance parameter Parameter return variance/volatility Parameter return dividend
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years …
Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years
Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years … 
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years 
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Portfolio Swaps a portfolio swap sub-class is defined by a specific combination of:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying type: single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 3 — parameter: price return basic performance parameter, parameter return dividend, parameter return variance, parameter return volatility
 Segmentation criterion 4 — me to maturity bucket of the portfolio swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 50 000 000 15
Asset class — Equity Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Other equity derivatives 
an equity derivative that does not belong to any of the above sub-asset classes any other equity derivative is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Equity Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the thresholds Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS threshold values determined for the sub-classes determined to have a liquid market on the basis of the average daily notional amount (ADNA) band to which the sub-class belongs
Average daily notional amount (ADNA) SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Stock index options a stock index option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying stock index calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 100 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 200 million EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000 EUR 25 000 000 EUR 30 000 000
EUR 200 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 600 million EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 55 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 600 million EUR 15 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 150 000 000 EUR 160 000 000
Stock index futures/forwards a stock index future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying stock index calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 100 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 1 billion EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
EUR 1 billion ≤ ADNA < EUR 3 billion EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 55 000 000
EUR 3 billion ≤ ADNA < EUR 5 billion EUR 15 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 150 000 000 EUR 160 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 5 billion EUR 25 000 000 EUR 30 000 000 EUR 250 000 000 EUR 260 000 000
Stock options a stock option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying share calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 5 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 250 000
EUR 5 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 10 million EUR 250 000 EUR 300 000 EUR 1 250 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 10 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 20 million EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 20 million EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
Stock futures/forwards an stock future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying share calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 5 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 250 000
EUR 5 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 10 million EUR 250 000 EUR 300 000 EUR 1 250 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 10 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 20 million EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 20 m EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
Stock dividend options a stock dividend option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying share entitling to dividends calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 5 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 400 000 EUR 450 000
EUR 5 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 10 million EUR 25 000 EUR 30 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000
EUR 10 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 20 million EUR 50 000 EUR 100 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 20 million EUR 100 000 EUR 150 000 EUR 2 000 000 EUR 2 500 000
Stock dividend futures/forwards a stock dividend future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying share entitling to dividends calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 5 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 400 000 EUR 450 000
EUR 5 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 10 million EUR 25 000 EUR 30 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000
EUR 10 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 20 million EUR 50 000 EUR 100 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 20 million EUR 100 000 EUR 150 000 EUR 2 000 000 EUR 2 500 000
Dividend index options a dividend index option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying dvidend index calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 100 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 200 million EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000 EUR 25 000 000 EUR 30 000 000
EUR 200 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 600 million EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 55 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 600 million EUR 15 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 150 000 000 EUR 160 000 000
Dividend index futures/forwards a dividend index future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying dividend index calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 100 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 1 billion EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
EUR 1 billion ≤ ADNA < EUR 3 billion EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 55 000 000
EUR 3 billion ≤ ADNA < EUR 5 billion EUR 15 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 150 000 000 EUR 160 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 5 billion EUR 25 000 000 EUR 30 000 000 EUR 250 000 000 EUR 260 000 000
Volatility index options a volatility index option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying volatility index calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 100 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 200 million EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000 EUR 25 000 000 EUR 30 000 000
EUR 200 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 600 million EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 55 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 600 million EUR 15 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 150 000 000 EUR 160 000 000
Volatility index futures/forwards a volatility index future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying volatility index calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 100 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 1 billion EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
EUR 1 billion ≤ ADNA < EUR 3 billion EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000 EUR 50 000 000 EUR 55 000 000
EUR 3 billion ≤ ADNA < EUR 5 billion EUR 15 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 150 000 000 EUR 160 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 5 billion EUR 25 000 000 EUR 30 000 000 EUR 250 000 000 EUR 260 000 000
ETF options an ETF option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying ETF calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 5 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 250 000
EUR 5 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 10 million EUR 250 000 EUR 300 000 EUR 1 250 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 10 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 20 million EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 20 million EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
ETF futures/forwards an ETF future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying ETF calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class < EUR 5 million ADNA EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 250 000
EUR 5 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 10 million EUR 250 000 EUR 300 000 EUR 1 250 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 10 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 20 million EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 20 million EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
Swaps a swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying type: single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 3 — parameter: price return basic performance parameter, parameter return dividend, parameter return variance, parameter return volatility
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows: calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class EUR 50 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 100 million EUR 250 000 EUR 300 000 EUR 1 250 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 200 million EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 200 million EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
Price return basic performance parameter Parameter return variance/volatility Parameter return dividend      
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year      
Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years      
Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years      
Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years …      
Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years      
     
Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years …       
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years       
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years        
Portfolio Swaps a portfolio swap sub-class is defined by a specific combination of:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying type: single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying single name, index, basket
 Segmentation criterion 3 — parameter: price return basic performance parameter, parameter return dividend, parameter return variance, parameter return volatility
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the portfolio swap defined as follows: calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class EUR 50 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 100 million EUR 250 000 EUR 300 000 EUR 1 250 000 EUR 1 500 000
EUR 100 million ≤ ADNA < EUR 200 million EUR 500 000 EUR 550 000 EUR 2 500 000 EUR 3 000 000
ADNA ≥ EUR 200 million EUR 1 000 000 EUR 1 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 5 500 000
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month      
Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months      
Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months      
Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year      
Maturity bucket 5: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years      
Maturity bucket 6: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years      
…      
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years      


Asset class — Equity Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Swaps EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 100 000 EUR 150 000
Portfolio Swaps EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 100 000 EUR 150 000
Other equity derivatives EUR 20 000 EUR 25 000 EUR 100 000 EUR 150 000

7. 

Asset class — Commodity Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Metal commodity futures/forwards a metal commodity future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — metal type: precious metal, non-precious metal
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying metal
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the future/forward is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the future/forward defined as follows: EUR 10 000 000 10
Precious metals Non-precious metals 
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year 
Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years 
Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years 
Maturity bucket 4: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years … 
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years 
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Metal commodity options a metal commodity option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — metal type: precious metal, non-precious metal
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying metal
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the option is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows: EUR 10 000 000 10
Precious metals Non-precious metals 
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year 
Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years 
Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years 
Maturity bucket 4: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years … 
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years 
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Metal commodity swaps a metal commodity swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — metal type: precious metal, non-precious metal
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying metal
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the swap is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — settlement type defined as cash, physical or other
 Segmentation criterion 5 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows: EUR 10 000 000 10
Precious metals Non-precious metals 
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year 
Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years 
Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years 
Maturity bucket 4: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years … 
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years 
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Energy commodity futures/forwards an energy commodity future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — energy type: oil, oil distillates, coal, oil light ends, natural gas, electricity, inter-energy
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying energy
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the future/forward is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — load type defined as baseload, peakload, off-peak or others, applicable to energy type: electricity
 Segmentation criterion 5 — delivery/cash settlement location applicable to energy types: oil, oil distillates, oil light ends, electricity, inter-energy
 Segmentation criterion 6 — time to maturity bucket of the future/forward defined as follows: EUR 10 000 000 10
Oil/Oil Distillates/Oil Light ends Coal Natural Gas/'Electricity/Inter-energy
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 4 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
Maturity bucket 2: 4 months < time to maturity ≤ 8 months Maturity bucket 2: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
Maturity bucket 3: 8 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years … …
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Energy commodity options an energy commodity option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — energy type: oil, oil distillates, coal, oil light ends, natural gas, electricity, inter-energy
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying energy
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the option is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — load type defined as baseload, peakload, off-peak or others, applicable to energy type: electricity
 Segmentation criterion 5 — delivery/cash settlement location applicable to energy types: oil, oil distillates, oil light ends, electricity, inter-energy
 Segmentation criterion 6 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows: EUR 10 000 000 10
Oil/Oil Distillates/Oil Light ends Coal Natural Gas/'Electricity/Inter-energy
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 4 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
Maturity bucket 2: 4 months < time to maturity ≤ 8 months Maturity bucket 2: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
Maturity bucket 3: 8 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years … …
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Energy commodity swaps an energy commodity swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — energy type: oil, oil distillates, coal, oil light ends, natural gas, electricity, inter-energy
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying energy
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the swap is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — settlement type defined as cash, physical or other
 Segmentation criterion 5 — load type defined as baseload, peakload, off-peak or others, applicable to energy type: electricity
 Segmentation criterion 6 — delivery/cash settlement location applicable to energy types: oil, oil distillates, oil light ends, electricity, inter-energy
 Segmentation criterion 7 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows: EUR 10 000 000 10
Oil/Oil Distillates/Oil Light ends Coal Natural Gas/'Electricity/Inter-energy
Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 4 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 6 months Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
Maturity bucket 2: 4 months < time to maturity ≤ 8 months Maturity bucket 2: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
Maturity bucket 3: 8 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years … …
… Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years
Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years  
Agricultural commodity futures/forwards an agricultural commodity future/forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying agricultural commodity
 Segmentation criterion 2 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the future/forward is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 3 — time to maturity bucket of the future/forward defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 10 000 000 10
Agricultural commodity options an agricultural commodity option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying agricultural commodity
 Segmentation criterion 2 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the option is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 3 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 10 000 000 10
Agricultural commodity swaps an agricultural commodity swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying agricultural commodity
 Segmentation criterion 2 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the swap is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 3 — settlement type defined as cash, physical or other
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 10 000 000 10
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Other commodity derivatives 
a commodity derivative that does not belong to any of the above sub-asset classes any other commodity derivative is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Commodity Derivatives
Sub-asset class Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined to have a liquid market
Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the thresholds SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor
Metal commodity futures/forwards calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Metal commodity options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Metal commodity swaps calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Energy commodity futures/forwards calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Energy commodity options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Energy commodity swaps calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Agricultural commodity futures/forwards calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Agricultural commodity options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60
Agricultural commodity swaps calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 250 000 70 EUR 500 000 80 60 EUR 750 000 90 70 EUR 1 000 000
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Commodity Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Metal commodity futures/forwards EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Metal commodity options EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Metal commodity swaps EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Energy commodity futures/forwards EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Energy commodity options EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Energy commodity swaps EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Agricultural commodity futures/forwards EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Agricultural commodity options EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Agricultural commodity swaps EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000
Other commodity derivatives EUR 250 000 EUR 500 000 EUR 750 000 EUR 1 000 000

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Asset class — Foreign Exchange Derivatives
a financial instrument relating to currencies as defined in Section C(4) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Non-deliverable forward (NDF)means a forward that, by its terms, is cash-settled between its counterparties, where the settlement amount is determined by the difference in the exchange rate of two currencies as between the trade date and the valuation date. On the settlement date, one party will owe the other party the net difference between (i) the exchange rate set at the trade date; and (ii) the exchange rate on the valuation date, based upon the notional amount, with such net amount payable in the settlement currency stipulated in the contract. a non-deliverable FX forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the forward defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Non-deliverable forward (NDF) are considered not to have a liquid market
Deliverable forward (DF)means a forward that solely involves the exchange of two different currencies on a specific future contracted settlement date at a fixed rate agreed upon on the inception of the contract covering the exchange. a deliverable FX forward sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the forward defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Deliverable forward (DF) are considered not to have a liquid market
Non-Deliverable FX options (NDO)means an option that, by its terms, is cash-settled between its counterparties, where the settlement amount is determined by the difference in the exchange rate of two currencies as between the trade date and the valuation date. On the settlement date, one party will owe the other party the net difference between (i) the exchange rate set at the trade date; and (ii) the exchange rate on the valuation date, based upon the notional amount, with such net amount payable in the settlement currency stipulated in the contract. a non-deliverable FX option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Non-Deliverable FX options (NDO) are considered not to have a liquid market
Deliverable FX options (DO)means an option that solely involves the exchange of two different currencies on a specific future contracted settlement date at a fixed rate agreed upon on the inception of the contract covering the exchange. a deliverable FX option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Deliverable FX options (DO) are considered not to have a liquid market
Non-Deliverable FX swaps (NDS)means a swap that, by its terms, is cash-settled between its counterparties, where the settlement amount is determined by the difference in the exchange rate of two currencies as between the trade date and the valuation date. On the settlement date, one party will owe the other party the net difference between (i) the exchange rate set at the trade date; and (ii) the exchange rate on the valuation date, based upon the notional amount, with such net amount payable in the settlement currency stipulated in the contract. a non-deliverable FX swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Non-Deliverable FX swaps (NDS) are considered not to have a liquid market
Deliverable FX swaps (DS)means a swap that solely involves the exchange of two different currencies on a specific future contracted settlement date at a fixed rate agreed upon on the inception of the contract covering the exchange. a deliverable FX swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the swap defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years Deliverable FX swaps (DS) are considered not to have a liquid market
FX futures an FX future sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the derivative contract
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time to maturity bucket of the future defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 week
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 week < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 4: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 5: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years FX futures are considered not to have a liquid market
Asset class — Foreign Exchange Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Other Foreign Exchange Derivatives 
an FX derivative that does not belong to any of the above sub-asset classes any other FX derivative is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Foreign Exchange Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Non-deliverable forward (NDF) EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Deliverable forward (DF) EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Non-Deliverable FX options (NDO) EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Deliverable FX options (DO) EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Non-Deliverable FX swaps (NDS) EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Deliverable FX swaps (DS) EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
FX futures EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000
Other Foreign Exchange Derivatives EUR 4 000 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 20 000 000 EUR 25 000 000

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Asset class — Credit Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria. For sub-classes determined to have a liquid market the additional qualitative liquidity criterion, where applicable, shall be applied
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2] On-the-run status of the index[Additional qualitative liquidity criterion]
Index credit default swap (CDS)a swap whose exchange of cash flows is linked to the creditworthiness of several issuers of financial instruments composing an index and the occurrence of credit events an index credit default swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying index
 Segmentation criterion 2 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the derivative is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 3 — time maturity bucket of the CDS defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 200 000 000 10 The underlying index is considered to have a liquid market:
((1)) during the whole period of its ‘on-the-run status’
((2)) for the first 30 working days of its ‘1x off-the-run status’‘on-the-run’ index means the rolling most recent version (series) of the index created on the date on which the composition of the index is effective and ending one day prior to the date on which the composition of the next version (series) of the index is effective.‘1x off-the-run status’ means the version (series) of the index which is immediately prior to the current ‘on-the-run’ version (series) at a certain point in time. A version (series) ceases being ‘on-the-run’ and acquires its ‘1x off-the-run’ status when the latest version (series) of the index is created.
Single name credit default swap (CDS)a swap whose exchange of cash flows is linked to the creditworthiness of one issuer of financial instruments and the occurrence of credit events a single name credit default swap sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — underlying reference entity
 Segmentation criterion 2 — underlying reference entity type defined as follows:
 ‘Issuer of sovereign and public type’ means an issuer entity which is either:
((a)) the Union;
((b)) a Member State including a government department, an agency or a special purpose vehicle of a Member State;
((c)) a sovereign entity which is not listed under points (a) and (b);
((d)) in the case of a federal Member State, a member of that federation;
((e)) a special purpose vehicle for several Member States;
((f)) an international financial institution established by two or more Member States which have the purpose of mobilising funding and providing financial assistance to the benefit of its members that are experiencing or are threatened by severe financial problems;
((g)) the European Investment Bank;
((h)) a public entity which is not a sovereign issuer as specified in the points (a) to (c).
 ‘Issuer of corporate type’ means an issuer entity which is not an issuer of sovereign and public type.
 Segmentation criterion 3 — notional currency defined as the currency in which the notional amount of the derivative is denominated
 Segmentation criterion 4 — time maturity bucket of the CDS defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 3: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 10 000 000 10 
Asset class — Credit Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet the following qualitative liquidity criterion
CDS index optionsan option whose underlying is a CDS index a CDS index option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — CDS index sub-class as specified for the sub-asset class of index credit default swap (CDS)
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 4: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years a CDS index option whose underlying CDS index is a sub-class determined to have a liquid market and whose time to maturity bucket is 0-6 months is considered to have a liquid marketa CDS index option whose underlying CDS index is a sub-class determined to have a liquid market and whose time to maturity bucket is not 0-6 months is not considered to have a liquid marketa CDS index option whose underlying CDS index is a sub-class determined not to have a liquid market is not considered to have a liquid market for any given time to maturity bucket
Single name CDS optionsan option whose underlying is a single name CDS a single name CDS option sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — single name CDS sub-class as specified for the sub-asset class of single name CDS
 Segmentation criterion 2 — time maturity bucket of the option defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 2: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 3: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 4: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years a single name CDS option whose underlying single name CDS is a sub-class determined to have a liquid market and whose time to maturity bucket is 0-6 months is considered to have a liquid marketa single name CDS option whose underlying single name CDS is a sub-class determined to have a liquid market and whose time to maturity bucket is not 0-6 months is not considered to have a liquid marketa single name CDS option whose underlying single name CDS is a sub-class determined not to have a liquid market is not considered to have a liquid market for any given time to maturity bucket
Asset class — Credit Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall apply
Other credit derivatives 
a credit derivative that does not belong to any of the above sub-asset classes any other credit derivatives is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Credit Derivatives
Sub-asset class Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined to have a liquid market
Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the thresholds SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor
Index credit default swap (CDS) calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 2 500 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 7 500 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Single name credit default swap (CDS) calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 2 500 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 7 500 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Bespoke basket credit default swap (CDS) calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 2 500 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 7 500 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
CDS index options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 2 500 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 7 500 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60
Single name CDS options calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 2 500 000 70 EUR 5 000 000 80 60 EUR 7 500 000 90 70 EUR 10 000 000
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Credit Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Index credit default swap (CDS) EUR 2 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 7 500 000 EUR 10 000 000
Single name credit default swap (CDS) EUR 2 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 7 500 000 EUR 10 000 000
Bespoke basket credit default swap (CDS) EUR 2 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 7 500 000 EUR 10 000 000
CDS index options EUR 2 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 7 500 000 EUR 10 000 000
Single name CDS options EUR 2 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 7 500 000 EUR 10 000 000
Other credit derivatives EUR 2 500 000 EUR 5 000 000 EUR 7 500 000 EUR 10 000 000

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Asset class — C10 Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Freight derivativesa financial instrument relating to freight rates as defined in Section C(10) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU a freight derivative sub-class is defined by the following segmentation criteria:
 Segmentation criterion 1 — contract type: Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) or options
 Segmentation criterion 2 — freight type: wet freight, dry freight
 Segmentation criterion 3 — freight sub-type: dry bulk carriers, tanker, containership
 Segmentation criterion 4 — specification of the size related to the freight sub-type
 Segmentation criterion 5 — specific route or time charter average
 Segmentation criterion 6 — time maturity bucket of the derivative defined as follows:
 Maturity bucket 1: 0 < time to maturity ≤ 1 month
 Maturity bucket 2: 1 month < time to maturity ≤ 3 months
 Maturity bucket 3: 3 months < time to maturity ≤ 6 months
 Maturity bucket 4: 6 months < time to maturity ≤ 9 months
 Maturity bucket 5: 9 months < time to maturity ≤ 1 year
 Maturity bucket 6: 1 year < time to maturity ≤ 2 years
 Maturity bucket 7: 2 years < time to maturity ≤ 3 years
 …
 Maturity bucket m: (n-1) years < time to maturity ≤ n years EUR 10 000 000 10
Asset class — C10 Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Other C10 derivatives 
a financial instrument as defined in Section C(10) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU which is not a ‘Freight derivative’, any of the following interest rate derivatives sub-asset classes: ‘Inflation multi-currency swap or cross-currency swap’, a ‘Future/forward on inflation multi-currency swaps or cross-currency swaps’, an ‘Inflation single currency swap’, a ‘Future/forward on inflation single currency swap’ and any of the following equity derivatives sub-asset classes: a ‘Volatility index option’, a ‘Volatility index future/forward’, a swap with parameter return variance, a swap with parameter return volatility, a portfolio swap with parameter return variance, a portfolio swap with parameter return volatility any other C10 derivatives is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — C10 Derivatives
Sub-asset class Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined to have a liquid market
Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the thresholds SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor
Freight derivatives calculation of thresholds should be performed for each sub-class of the sub-asset class considering the transactions executed on financial instruments belonging to the sub-class S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 25 000 70 EUR 50 000 80 60 EUR 75 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60


Asset class — C10 Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Freight derivatives EUR 25 000 EUR 50 000 EUR 75 000 EUR 100 000
Other C10 derivatives EUR 25 000 EUR 50 000 EUR 75 000 EUR 100 000

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Asset class — Financial contracts for differences (CFDs)
a derivative contract that gives the holder an exposure, which can be long or short, to the difference between the price of an underlying asset at the start of the contract and the price when the contract is closed
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b), each sub-asset class shall be further segmented into sub-classes as defined below Each sub-class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria or, where applicable, if it does not meet the qualitative liquidity criterion as defined below
Qualitative liquidity criterion Average daily notional amount (ADNA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Currency CFDs a currency CFD sub-class is defined by the underlying currency pair defined as combination of the two currencies underlying the CFD/spread betting contract  EUR 50 000 000 100
Commodity CFDs a commodity CFD sub-class is defined by the underlying commodity of the CFD/spread betting contract  EUR 50 000 000 100
Equity CFDs an equity CFD sub-class is defined by the underlying equity security of the CFD/spread betting contract an equity CFD sub-class is considered to have a liquid market if the underlying is an equity security for which there is a liquid market as determined in accordance with Article 2(1)(17)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014  
Bond CFDs a bond CFD sub-class is defined by the underlying bond or bond future of the CFD/spread betting contract a bond CFD sub-class is considered to have a liquid market if the underlying is a bond or bond future for which there is a liquid market as determined in accordance with Articles 6 and 8(1)(b).  
CFDs on an equity future/forward a CFD on an equity future/forward sub-class is defined by the underlying future/forward on an equity of the CFD/spread betting contract a CFD on an equity future/forward sub-class is considered to have a liquid market if the underlying is an equity future/forward for which there is a liquid market as determined in accordance with Articles 6 and 8(1)(b).  
CFDs on an equity option a CFD on an equity option sub-class is defined by the underlying option on an equity of the CFD/spread betting contract a CFD on an equity option sub-class is considered to have a liquid market if the underlying is an equity option for which there is a liquid market as determined in accordance with Articles 6 and 8(1)(b).  
Asset class — Financial contracts for differences (CFDs)
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Other CFDs 
a CFD/spread betting that does not belong to any of the above sub-asset classes any other CFD/spread betting is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Financial contracts for differences (CFDs)
Sub-asset class Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined to have a liquid market
Transactions to be considered for the calculations of the thresholds SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Volume — percentile Threshold floor
Currency CFDs transactions executed on currency CFDs considered to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 50 000 70 EUR 60 000 80 60 EUR 90 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60
Commodity CFDs transactions executed on commodity CFDs considered to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 50 000 70 EUR 60 000 80 60 EUR 90 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60
Equity CFDs transactions executed on equity CFDs considered to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 50 000 70 EUR 60 000 80 60 EUR 90 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60
Bond CFDs transactions executed on bond CFDs considered to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 50 000 70 EUR 60 000 80 60 EUR 90 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60
CFDs on an equity future/forward transactions executed on CFDs on future on an equity considered to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 50 000 70 EUR 60 000 80 60 EUR 90 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60
CFDs on an equity option transactions executed on CFDs on option on an equity considered to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) S1 S2 S3 S4 EUR 50 000 70 EUR 60 000 80 60 EUR 90 000 90 70 EUR 100 000
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Financial contracts for differences (CFDs)
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Currency CFDs EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000
Commodity CFDs EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000
Equity CFDs EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000
Bond CFDs EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000
CFDs on an equity future/forward EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000
CFDs on an equity option EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000
Other CFDs/spread betting EUR 50 000 EUR 60 000 EUR 90 000 EUR 100 000

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Asset class — Emission Allowances
Sub-asset class Each sub-asset class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average Daily Amount (ADA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
European Union Allowances (EUA)any unit recognised for compliance with the requirements of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Emissions Trading Scheme) which represents the right to emit the equivalent to 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA)any unit recognised for compliance with the requirements of Directive 2003/87/EC (Emissions Trading Scheme) which represents the right to emit the equivalent to 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) from aviation 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
Certified Emission Reductions (CER)any unit recognised for compliance with the requirements of Directive 2003/87/EC (Emissions Trading Scheme) which represents the emissions reduction equivalent to 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
Emission Reduction Units (ERU)any unit recognised for compliance with the requirements of Directive 2003/87/EC (Emissions Trading Scheme) which represents the emissions reduction equivalent to 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5



Asset class — Emission Allowances
Sub-asset class Transactions to be considered for the calculation of the thresholds Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-asset classes determined to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor
European Union Allowances (EUA) transactions executed on all European Union Allowances (EUA) S1 S2 S3 S4 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 90 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 100 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60
European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA) transactions executed on all European Union Aviation Allowance (EUAA) S1 S2 S3 S4 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60
Certified Emission Reductions (CER) transactions executed on all Certified Emission Reductions (CER) S1 S2 S3 S4 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60
Emission Reduction Units (ERU) transactions executed on all Emission Reduction Units (ERU) S1 S2 S3 S4 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Emission Allowances
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
European Union Allowances (EUA) 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 100 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA) 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Certified Emission Reductions (CER) 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Emission Reduction Units (ERU) 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

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Asset class — Emission Allowance Derivatives
Sub-asset class Each sub-asset class shall be determined not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) if it does not meet one or all of the following thresholds of the quantitative liquidity criteria
Average Daily Amount (ADA)[quantitative liquidity criterion 1] Average daily number of trades[quantitative liquidity criterion 2]
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Allowances (EUA)a financial instrument relating to emission allowances of the type European Union Allowances (EUA) as defined in Section C(4) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA)a financial instrument relating to emission allowances of the type European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA) as defined in Section C(4) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Certified Emission Reductions (CER)a financial instrument relating to emission allowances of the type Certified Emission Reductions (CER) as defined in Section C(4) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Emission Reduction Units (ERU)a financial instrument relating to emission allowances of the type Emission Reduction Units (ERU) as defined in Section C(4) of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU 150 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 5
Asset class — Emission Allowance Derivatives
Sub-asset class For the purpose of the determination of the classes of financial instruments considered not to have a liquid market as per Articles 6 and 8(1)(b) the following methodology shall be applied
Other Emission allowance derivatives 
an emission allowance derivative whose underlying is not a European Union Allowances (EUA), a European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA), a Certified Emission Reductions (CER) and an Emission Reduction Units (ERU) any other emission allowance derivative is considered not to have a liquid market


Asset class — Emission Allowance Derivatives
Sub-asset class Transactions to be considered for the calculation of the thresholds Percentiles and threshold floors to be applied for the calculation of the pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-asset classes determined to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor Trade — percentile Threshold floor
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Allowances (EUA) transactions executed on all emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Allowances (EUA) S1 S2 S3 S4 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 90 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 100 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA) transactions executed on all emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA) S1 S2 S3 S4 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Certified Emission Reductions (CER) transactions executed on all emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Certified Emission Reductions (CER) S1 S2 S3 S4 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Emission Reduction Units (ERU) transactions executed on all emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Emission Reduction Units (ERU) S1 S2 S3 S4 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 70 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 80 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
30 40 50 60


Asset class — Emission Allowance Derivatives
Sub-asset class Pre-trade and post-trade SSTI and LIS thresholds for the sub-asset classes determined not to have a liquid market
SSTI pre-trade LIS pre-trade SSTI post-trade LIS post-trade
Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value Threshold value
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Allowances (EUA) 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 90 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 100 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type European Union Aviation Allowances (EUAA) 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Certified Emission Reductions (CER) 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Emission allowance derivatives whose underlying is of the type Emission Reduction Units (ERU) 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Other Emission allowance derivatives 20 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 25 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 40 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent 50 000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

ANNEX IV
SYMBOL DATA TYPE DEFINITION
{ALPHANUM-n} Up to n alphanumerical characters Free text field.
{DECIMAL-n/m} Decimal number of up to n digits in total of which up to m digits can be fraction digits Numerical field for both positive and negative values:
— decimal separator is ‘.’ (full stop);
— the number may be prefixed with ‘-’ (minus) to indicate negative numbers.Where applicable, values shall be rounded and not truncated.
{COUNTRYCODE_2} 2 alphanumerical characters 2 letter country code, as defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
{CURRENCYCODE_3} 3 alphanumerical characters 3 letter currency code, as defined by ISO 4217 currency codes
{DATEFORMAT} ISO 8601 date format Dates should be formatted by the following format:YYYY-MM-DD.
{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
{INDEX} 4 alphabetic characters ‘EONA’ — EONIA‘EONS’ — EONIA SWAP‘EURI’ — EURIBOR‘EUUS’ — EURODOLLAR‘EUCH’ — EuroSwiss‘GCFR’ — GCF REPO‘ISDA’ — ISDAFIX‘LIBI’ — LIBID‘LIBO’ — LIBOR‘MAAA’ — Muni AAA‘PFAN’ — Pfandbriefe‘TIBO’ — TIBOR‘STBO’ — STIBOR‘BBSW’ — BBSW‘JIBA’ — JIBAR‘BUBO’ — BUBOR‘CDOR’ — CDOR‘CIBO’ — CIBOR‘MOSP’ — MOSPRIM‘NIBO’ — NIBOR‘PRBO’ — PRIBOR‘TLBO’ — TELBOR‘WIBO’ — WIBOR‘TREA’ — Treasury‘SWAP’ — SWAP‘FUSW’ — Future SWAP
# FIELD DETAILS TO BE REPORTED FORMAT FOR REPORTING
1 Instrument identification code Code used to identify the financial instrument {ISIN}
2 Instrument full name Full name of the financial instrument {ALPHANUM-350}
3 MiFIR identifier Identification of non-equity financial instruments:
 Securitised derivatives as defined in Table 4.1 in Section 4 of Annex III
 Structured Finance Products (SFPs) as defined in Article 2(1)(28) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
 Bonds (for all bonds except ETCs and ETNs) as defined in Article 4(1)(44)(b) of Directive 2014/65/EU
 ETCs as defined in Article 4(1)(44)(b) of Directive 2014/65/EU and further specified in Table 2.4 of Section 2 of Annex III
 ETNs as defined in Article 4(1)(44)(b) of Directive 2014/65/EU and further specified in Table 2.4 of Section 2 of Annex III
 Emission allowances as defined in Table 12.1 of Section 12 of Annex III
 Derivative as defined in Annex I, Section C (4) to (10) of Directive 2014/65/EU Non-equity financial instruments:
 ‘SDRV’ — Securitised derivatives
 ‘SFPS’ — Structured Finance Products (SFPs)
 ‘BOND’ — Bonds
 ‘ETCS’ — ETCs
 ‘ETNS’ — ETNs
 ‘EMAL’ — Emission Allowances
 ‘DERV’ — Derivative
4 Asset class of the underlying To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a securitised derivative or a derivative. ‘INTR’ — Interest rate‘EQUI’ — Equity‘COMM’ — Commodity‘CRDT’ — Credit‘CURR’ — Currency‘EMAL’ — Emission Allowances
5 Contract type To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative. ‘OPTN’ — Options‘FUTR’ — Futures‘FRAS’ — Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)‘FORW’ — Forwards‘SWAP’ — Swaps‘PSWP’ — Portfolio Swaps‘SWPT’ — Swaptions‘FONS’ — Futures on a swap‘FWOS’ — Forwards on a swap‘FFAS’ — Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs)‘SPDB’ — Spread betting‘CFDS’ — CFD‘OTHR’ — Other
6 Reporting day Day for which the reference data is provided {DATEFORMAT}
7 Trading venue Segment MIC for the trading venue, where available, otherwise operational MIC. {MIC}
8 Maturity Maturity of the financial instrument. Field applicable for the asset classes of bonds, interest rate derivatives, equity derivatives, commodity derivatives, foreign exchange derivatives, credit derivatives C10 derivatives and derivatives on emission allowances. {DATEFORMAT}
Bonds (all bond types except ETCs and ETNs) related fields
9 Bond type Bond type as specified in Table 2.2 of Section 2 of Annex III. To be populated only when the MiFIR identifier is equal to bonds. ‘EUSB’ — Sovereign Bond‘OEPB’ — Other Public Bond‘CVTB’ — Convertible Bond‘CVDB’ — Covered Bond‘CRPB’ — Corporate Bond‘OTHR’ — Other
10 Issuance date Date on which a bond is issued and begins to accrue interest. {DATEFORMAT}
Emission Allowances related fields
The fields in this section should only be populated for emission allowances as defined in Table 12.1 of Section 12 of Annex III
11 Emissions Allowances sub type Emissions Allowances ‘CERE’ — CER‘ERUE’ — ERU‘EUAE’ — EUA‘EUAA’ — EUAA
Derivatives related fields
Commodity derivatives and C10 derivatives
12 Specification of the size related to the freight sub-type To be populated when the base product specified in field 35 in Table 2 of the Annex in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/585 is equal to freight. {ALPHANUM-25}
13 Specific route or time charter average To be populated when the base product specified in field 35 in Table 2 of the Annex in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/585 is equal to freight. {ALPHANUM-25}
14 Delivery/cash settlement location To be populated when the base product specified in field 35 in Table 2 of the Annex in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/585 is equal to energy. {ALPHANUM-25}
15 Notional currency Currency in which the notional is denominated. {CURRENCYCODE_3}
Interest rate derivatives
The fields in this section should only be populated for interest rate derivatives as defined in Table 5.1 of Section 5 of Annex III
16 Underlying type To be populated for contract type different from swaps, swaptions, futures on a swap and forwards on a swap with one of the following alternativesTo be populated for the contract types of swaps, swaptions, futures on a swap and forwards on a swap with regard to the underlying swap with one of the following alternatives ‘BOND’ — Bond‘BNDF’ — Bond Futures‘INTR’ — Interest rate‘IFUT’ — Interest rate Futures-FRA‘FFMC’ — FLOAT TO FLOAT MULTI-CURRENCY SWAPS‘XFMC’ — FIXED TO FLOAT MULTI-CURRENCY SWAPS‘XXMC’ — FIXED TO FIXED MULTI-CURRENCY SWAPS‘OSMC’ — OIS MULTI-CURRENCY SWAPS‘IFMC’ — INFLATION MULTI-CURRENCY SWAPS‘FFSC’ — FLOAT TO FLOAT SINGLE-CURRENCY SWAPS‘XFSC’ — FIXED TO FLOAT SINGLE-CURRENCY SWAPS‘XXSC’ — FIXED TO FIXED SINGLE-CURRENCY SWAPS‘OSSC’ — OIS SINGLE-CURRENCY SWAPS‘IFSC’ — INFLATION SINGLE-CURRENCY SWAPS
17 Issuer of the underlying bond To be populated when the underlying type is a bond or a bond future with the legal entity identifier code (LEI) of the issuer of the direct or ultimate underlying bond. {LEI}
18 Maturity date of the underlying bond To be populated with the date of maturity of the underlying bond.The field applies to debt instruments with defined maturity. {DATEFORMAT}
19 Issuance date of the underlying bond To be populated with the issuance date of the underlying bond {DATEFORMAT}
20 Notional currency of the swaption To be populated for swaptions. {CURRENCYCODE_3}
21 Maturity of the underlying swap To be populated for swaptions, futures on swaps and forwards on a swap only. {DATEFORMAT}
22 Inflation index ISIN code In case of swaptions on one of the following underlying swap types: inflation single currency swap, futures/forwards on inflation single currency swap, inflation multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on inflation multi-currency swap; whenever the inflation index has an ISIN, the field has to be populated with the ISIN code for that index. {ISIN}
23 Inflation index name To be populated with standardised name of the index in case of swaptions on one of the following underlying swap types: inflation single currency swap, futures/forwards on inflation single currency swap, inflation multi-currency swap, futures/forwards on inflation multi-currency swap. {ALPHANUM-25}
24 Reference rate Name of the reference rate. {INDEX}or{ALPHANUM-25}- if the reference rate is not included in the {INDEX} list
25 IR Term of contract This field states the term of the contract. The term shall be expressed in days, weeks, months or years. {INTEGER-3}+‘DAYS’ — days{INTEGER-3}+‘WEEK’ — weeks{INTEGER-3}+‘MNTH’ — months{INTEGER-3}+‘YEAR’ — years
Foreign exchange derivatives
The fields in this section should only be populated for foreign exchange derivatives as defined in Table 8.1 of Section 8 of Annex III
26 Contract sub-type To be populated so as to differentiate deliverable and non-deliverable forwards, options and swaps as defined in Table 8.1 of Section 8 of Annex III. ‘DLVB’ — Deliverable‘NDLV’ — Non-deliverable
Equity derivatives
The fields should only be populated for equity derivatives as defined in Table 6.1 of Section 6 of Annex III
27 Underlying type To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative, the asset class of the underlying is equity and the sub-asset class is neither swaps nor portfolio swaps. ‘STIX’ — Stock Index‘SHRS’ — Share/Stock‘DIVI’ — Dividend Index‘DVSE’ — Stock dividend‘BSKT’ — Basket of shares resulting from a corporate action‘ETFS’ — ETFs‘VOLI’ — Volatility Index‘OTHR’ — Other (including depositary receipts, certificates and other equity like financial instrument)
To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative, the asset class of the underlying is equity, the sub-asset class is either swaps or portfolio swaps and the segmentation criterion 2 as defined in Table 6.1 of Section 6 of Annex III is a single name. ‘SHRS’ — Share/Stock‘DVSE’ — Stock dividend‘ETFS’ — ETFs‘OTHR’ — Other (including depositary receipts, certificates and other equity like financial instrument)
To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative, the asset class of the underlying is equity, the sub-asset class is either swaps or portfolio swaps and the segmentation criterion 2 as defined in Table 6.1 of Section 6 of Annex III is an index. ‘STIX’ — Stock Index‘DIVI’ — Dividend Index‘VOLI’ — Volatility Index‘OTHR’ — Other
To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative, the asset class of the underlying is equity, the sub-asset class is either swaps or portfolio swaps and the segmentation criterion 2 as defined in Table 6.1 of Section 6 of Annex III is a basket. ‘BSKT’ — Basket
28 Parameter To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative, the asset class of the underlying is equity and the sub-asset class is one of the following: swaps, portfolio swaps. ‘PRBP’ — Price return basic performance parameter‘PRDV’ — Parameter return dividend‘PRVA’ — Parameter return variance‘PRVO’ — Parameter return volatility
Contracts for difference (CFDs)
The fields should only be populated when the contract type is equal to contract for difference or spread betting
29 Underlying type To be populated when the MiFIR identifier is a derivative and the contract type is equal to contract for difference or spread betting. ‘CURR’ — Currency‘EQUI’ — Equity‘BOND’ — Bonds‘FTEQ’ — Futures on an equity‘OPEQ’ — Options on an equity‘COMM’ — Commodity‘EMAL’ — Emission Allowances‘OTHR’ — Other
30 Notional currency 1 Currency 1 of the underlying currency pair. This field is applicable when the underlying type is currency. {CURRENCYCODE_3}
31 Notional currency 2 Currency 2 of the underlying currency pair. This field is applicable when the underlying type is currency. {CURRENCYCODE_3}
Credit derivatives
32 ISIN code of the underlying credit default swap To be populated for derivatives on a credit default swaps with the ISIN code of the underlying swap. {ISIN}
33 Underlying Index code To be populated for derivatives on a CDS index with the ISIN code of the index. {ISIN}
34 Underlying Index name To be populated for derivatives on a CDS index with the standardised name of the index. {ALPHANUM-25}
35 Series The series number of the composition of the index if applicable.To be populated for a CDS Index or a derivative on a CDS Index with the series of the CDS Index. {DECIMAL-18/17}
36 Version A new version of a series is issued if one of the constituents defaults and the index has to be re-weighted to account for the new number of total constituents within the index.To be populated for a CDS Index or a derivative on a CDS Index with the version of the CDS Index. {DECIMAL-18/17}
37 Roll months All months when the roll is expected as established by the index provider for a given year. Field should be repeated for each month in the roll.To be populated for a CDS Index or a derivative on a CDS Index. ‘01’, ‘02’, ‘03’, ‘04’, ‘05’, ‘06’, ‘07’, ‘08’, ‘09’, ‘10’, ‘11’, ‘12’
38 Next roll date To be populated in the case of a CDS Index or a derivative on a CDS Index with the next roll date of the index as established by the index provider. {DATEFORMAT}
39 Issuer of sovereign and public type To be populated when the reference entity of a single name CDS or a derivative on single name CDS is a sovereign issuer as defined in Table 9.1 Section 9 of Annex III. ‘TRUE’ — the reference entity is an issuer of sovereign and public type‘FALSE’ — the reference entity is not an issuer of sovereign and public type
40 Reference obligation To be populated for a derivative on a single name credit default swap with the ISIN of the reference obligation. {ISIN}
41 Reference entity To be populated with the reference entity of a single name CDS or a derivative on single name CDS. {COUNTRYCODE_2}orISO 3166-2 — 2 character country code followed by dash ‘-’ and up to 3 alphanumeric character country subdivision codeor{LEI}
42 Notional currency Currency in which the notional is denominated. {CURRENCYCODE_3}
Emission allowance derivatives
The fields in this section should only be populated for emission allowance derivatives as defined in Table 13.1 of Section 13 of Annex III
43 Emission Allowances derivative sub type To be populated when variable #3 ‘MiFIR identifier’ is ‘DERV’-derivative and variable #4 ‘asset class of the underlying’ is ‘EMAL’-emission allowances. ‘CERE’ — CER‘ERUE’ — ERU‘EUAE’ — EUA‘EUAA’ — EUAA‘OTHR’ — Other