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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as regards enhancing market data transparency, removing obstacles to the emergence of a consolidated tape, optimising the trading obligations and prohibiting receiving payments for forwarding client orders
Amendments (22)
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To date, however, no supervised entity has applied for authorisation to act as a CTP. ESMA has identified three main obstacles that have prevented supervised entities to apply for registration as a CTP33 . First, a lack of clarity as to how the CTP is to procure market data from the various execution venues or from the data reporting service providers concerned. Second, insufficient quality in terms of harmonisation of the data reported by those execution venues to allow for a cost- efficient consolidation. Third, a lack of commercial incentives to apply for authorisation as a CTP. It is therefore necessary to remove those obstacles. Such removal requires, first, that all trading venues and systematic internalisers (‘SIs’) provide CTPs with market data (provision rule). It secondly requires an improvement of the data quality by harmonising the data reports that trading venues and SIs should submit to the CTP. Finally, it requires that the data collected by the CTP contain at minimum as close to real time as it is technically possible pre- and post trade information for shares, and as close to real time as it is technically possible post trade information for bonds. __________________ 33 ESMA MiFID II/MiFIR Review Report No. 1 on the development in prices for pre- and post-trade data and on the consolidated tape for equity instruments.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19 a) Market participants and ESMA have shown that the existing reporting regime can create uncertainty about who should report transactions and can lead to double reporting. The problem is particularly acute when investment firms trading with each other do not know whether their counterparty is a Systematic Internaliser for the traded financial instrument, and as such should report transactions to the approved publication arrangement. In addition, the link between the reporting obligation and the status of Systematic Internaliser has led to an inflated number of Systematic Internalisers in the Union, distorting the picture of market participants. The link between the Systematic Internaliser status and the post-trade transparency and reporting requirements should be removed, and instead, the seller shall be responsible for publishing the trade through an APA. That would eliminate uncertainty about who should report a transaction and reduce the current complex regulatory burden on investment firms, particularly smaller ones. Such an approach would also have the advantage of creating a level playing field across all investment firms as investment firms would select their counterparties based on execution quality rather than selecting only those firms that qualify or have opted in as Systematic Internaliser, and Systematic internalisers will act purely as liquidity providers, providing further clarity to the overall structure of the market.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) According to data presented in the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for this Regulation, the expected revenue generation for the consolidated tape will vary depending on the precise features of the tape. The expected revenue of the CTP should significantly exceed the cost of its production and therefore help to build a solid revenue participation scheme whereby the CTP and the market data contributors share aligned commercial interests. This principle should not prevent CTPs from making a necessary margin to maintain a viable business model and from using the core market data to offer further analytics or other services aimed to increase the revenue pool. The market data contributor should only receive a remuneration based on the costs it has incurred in generating the data and providing it to the CTP. Smaller regulated markets, independent and not part of any bigger exchange group, should benefit from a more important remuneration in order to incentivize their contribution to the CTP. Retail investors should have access to the consolidated tape, either free of charge or for a nominal annual fee, and the tape provider should ensure that the information provided to retail investors is easily accessible and displayed in a user-friendly and understandable format.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Financial intermediaries should strive to achieve the best possible price and the highest possible likelihood of execution for trades that they execute on behalf of their clients. To that end, financial intermediaries should select the trading venue or counterparty for executing their client trades solely on the basis of achieving best execution for their clients. It should be incompatible with that principle of best execution that a financial intermediary receives a payment from a trading counterpart in exchange for ensuring the execution of client trades. Investment firms should be therefore be prohibited from receiving such payment. That prohibition should apply to instruments where the price formation process is order driven and should concern any type of intermediary.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 20 – paragraph 2a (new), paragraph 3 point c and paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2a (new), paragraph 3 point c and paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
(9 b) In Article 21, paragraph 1 is replace by the following: ‘1. Investment firms which, either on own account or on behalf of clients, conclude transactions in bonds, structured finance products, and emission allowances and derivatives traded on a trading venue, or derivatives subject to the clearing obligation set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, shall make public the volume and price of those transactions and the time at which they were concluded. That information shall be made public through an APA. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02014R0600-’; Or. en 20220101&from=EN)
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
In Article 21, paragraph 5, introductory part is replaced by the following: ‘5. ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards in such a way as to enable the publication of information required under Article 6427h of Directive 2014/65/EUthis Regulation to specify the following: (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02014R0600-’; Or. en 20220101&from=EN)
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 21 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 10
Article 1 – paragraph 10
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 22a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 16
Article 1 – paragraph 16
Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
Article 27h – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 27h – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) in the case of market data concerning shares and ETFs, redistribute part of their revenues for the purposes of covering the cost related to mandatory contribution and of ensuring a fair level of participation for regulated markets, and in particular smaller regulated markets, in the revenue generated by the consolidated tape, in accordance with Article 27da(4). The level of revenue redistributed to each market data contributor shall be proportional to the contribution to the price formation process of the data provided to the CTP by that market data contributor. Smaller regulated markets, independent and not part of any bigger exchange group, should benefit from a more important remuneration in order to incentivize their contribution to the CTP. Revenue generated from pre-trade and post-trade consolidated data streams shall be redistributed exclusively to the contributors to a given data stream;
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 16
Article 1 – paragraph 16
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 27h- paragraph 1 - second subparagrah
Article 27h- paragraph 1 - second subparagrah
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 18 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 18 – introductory part
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
(18) in Article 28(1), paragraph 1, the introductory wording is replaced by the is modified as followings:
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 18
Article 1 – paragraph 18
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 18 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 18 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(b) the following paragraph 2a is inserted: '2a. Derivative transactions that are exempt from or otherwise not subject to the clearing obligation under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 shall not be subject to the trading obligation.'
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 32a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 32a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. At the request of the competent authority of a Member State, the Commission may suspend the derivatives trading obligation with respect to certain finvestment firmancial counterparties in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 51 and after having consulted ESMA. The competent authority shall indicate why it considers that the conditions for a suspension are met. In particular, the competent authority shall demonstrate that an investment firm within its jurisdiction:
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 32a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 32a – paragraph 2
Article 32a – paragraph 2
2. When assessing whether to suspend the trading obligation in accordance with paragraph 1 and 1a, the Commission shall consider whether to suspend it for specific markets only, and shall take into account whether such suspension of the trading obligation would have a distortive effect on the clearing obligation laid down in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Article 1 – paragraph 20
Regulation (EU) 600/2014
Article 32a – paragraph 3
Article 32a – paragraph 3
3. The implementing act referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1a shall be accompanied by the evidence presented by the competent authority requesting the suspension.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 26
Article 1 – paragraph 26
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 29 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 29 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point d
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point d
(29 a) in Regulation (EU) 2016/1011, Article 2, paragraph 2, point d, is amended as follows: "(d) the provision of a single reference price for any financial instrument listed in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02016R1011-except those financial instruments in respect of which both of the following conditions apply: (i) the financial instrument is a derivative contract relating to energy; and (ii) the total notional value of financial instruments or contracts referencing the single reference price exceeds EUR 100million. (Changes to Benchmark Regulation - formatting may need to be adjusted.) Or. en 20220101&from=EN)