TITLE IVU.K.TRANSACTION REPORTING

Article 27U.K.Obligation to supply financial instrument reference data

1.With regard to financial instruments admitted to trading on regulated markets or traded on MTFs or OTFs, trading venues shall provide [F1the FCA] with identifying reference data for the purposes of transaction reporting under Article 26.

With regard to other financial instruments covered by Article [F226(2)(b) or (c)] traded on its system, each systematic internaliser shall provide [F3the FCA] with reference data relating to those financial instruments.

Identifying reference data shall be made ready for submission to the [F4FCA] in an electronic and standardised format before trading commences in the financial instrument that it refers to. The financial instrument reference data shall be updated whenever there are changes to the data with respect to a financial instrument. [F5 This data is to be transmitted without delay to the FCA, which must publish it as soon as practicable on its website. ] F6...

2.In order to allow [F7the FCA] to monitor, pursuant to Article 26, the activities of investment firms to ensure that they act honestly, fairly and professionally and in a manner which promotes the integrity of the market, [F8the FCA] shall establish the necessary arrangements in order to ensure that:

(a)[F9the FCA] effectively receive the financial instrument reference data pursuant to paragraph 1;

(b)the quality of the data so received is appropriate for the purpose of transaction reporting under Article 26;

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3.[F11The FCA may make] technical standards to specify:

(a)data standards and formats for the financial instrument reference data in accordance with paragraph 1, including the methods and arrangements for supplying the data and any update thereto to [F12the FCA] in accordance with paragraph 1, and the form and content of such data;

(b)the technical measures that are necessary in relation to the arrangements to be made by [F13the FCA] pursuant to paragraph 2.

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