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Article 5 - Specific characteristics of negotiated transactions (Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014)

Article 5

Specific characteristics of negotiated transactions

(Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014)

A negotiated transaction in shares, depositary receipts, ETF, certificates or other similar financial instruments shall be considered to be a transaction which is negotiated privately but reported under the rules of a trading venue and where any of the following circumstances applies:

(a) 

two members or participants of that trading venue are involved in any of the following capacities:

(i) 

one is dealing on own account when the other is acting on behalf of a client;

(ii) 

both are dealing on own account;

(iii) 

both are acting on behalf of a client;

(b) 

one member or participant of that trading venue is either of the following:

(i) 

acting on behalf of both the buyer and seller;

(ii) 

dealing on own account against a client order.