European Commission adopts Regulatory Technical Standards on Volume Cap Mechanism and Provision of Information for the Purposes of Transparency and other Calculations under MiFIR

The European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation with regard to Regulatory Technical Standards on the volume cap mechanisms and the provision of information for the purposes of transparency and other calculations. The adopted Regulation specifies general terms with regards to data submissions and reporting to ensure the consistency of data content, quality and format. 

MiFIR requires regulators and the European Securities and Markets Authority to perform calculations to calibrate the applicability of the pre-and post-trade transparency regime and the applicability of the trading obligation for derivatives and to determine whether an investment firm is a systematic internaliser. The adopted RTS specifies the common elements of data content and format to be submitted by trading venues, approved publication arrangements and consolidated tape providers for the purpose of transparency and other calculations, as well as specifying reporting requirements for the purposes of the volume cap mechanism. 

The adopted RTS must still be approved by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union and be published in the Official Journal before they can enter into force.

View the adopted RTS Regulation. 

View the Annex.