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Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.The prohibition in Article 15 shall not apply to the activities referred to in Article 12(1)(a), provided that the person entering into a transaction, placing an order to trade or engaging in any other behaviour establishes that such transaction, order or behaviour have been carried out for legitimate reasons, and conform with an accepted market practice as established [F1—
(a)in relation to a UK market in accordance with this Article;
(b)in relation to a market in an EEA state, in accordance with Article 13 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation; or
(c)in relation to a market in Gibraltar, in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on market abuse as it applies in Gibraltar after IP completion day.]
2.[F2The FCA] may establish an accepted market practice, taking into account the following criteria:
(a)whether the market practice provides for a substantial level of transparency [F3to the UK market];
(b)whether the market practice ensures a high degree of safeguards to the operation of market forces [F4operating in UK markets] and the proper interplay of the forces of supply and demand;
(c)whether the market practice has a positive impact on [F5UK] market liquidity and efficiency;
(d)whether the market practice takes into account the trading mechanism of the [F6relevant UK market] and enables market participants to react properly and in a timely manner to the new market situation created by that practice;
(e)whether the market practice does not create risks for the integrity of, directly or indirectly, related markets, whether regulated or not, in the relevant financial instrument within the [F7United Kingdom];
(f)the outcome of any investigation of the relevant market practice by [F8the FCA], in particular whether the relevant market practice infringed rules or regulations designed to prevent market abuse, or codes of conduct, irrespective of whether it [F9concerns the relevant UK market] or directly or indirectly related markets within the [F10United Kingdom]; and
(g)the structural characteristics of the [F11relevant UK market], inter alia, whether it is regulated or not, the types of financial instruments traded and the type of market participants, including the extent of retail-investor participation in the [F11relevant UK market].
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[F147.The FCA may make technical standards specifying the criteria, the procedure and the requirements for establishing an accepted market practice under paragraph 2 and the requirements for maintaining it, terminating it, or modifying the conditions for its acceptance.]
8.[F15The FCA] shall review regularly, and at least every two years, the accepted market practices that [F16it has] established, in particular by taking into account significant changes to the [F17relevant UK market] environment, such as changes to trading rules or to market infrastructures, with a view to deciding whether to maintain it, to terminate it, or to modify the conditions for its acceptance.
9.[F18The FCA] shall publish on its website a list of accepted market practices F19....
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 13(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2019/680, regs. 1(3), 8(7)(c)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 13(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 13(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 13(2)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Word in Art. 13(2)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 13(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(v); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 13(2)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(vi); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 13(2)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(vii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 13(2)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(vii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 13(2)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(vii)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Words in Art. 13(2)(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(viii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in Art. 13(2)(g) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(b)(ix); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Art. 13(3)-(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F14Art. 13(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F15Words in Art. 13(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F16Words in Art. 13(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F17Words in Art. 13(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(e)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F18Words in Art. 13(9) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(f)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F19Words in Art. 13(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(f)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F20Art. 13(10) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F21Art. 13(11) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/310), regs. 1(3), 11(6)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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