Article 9
Arrangements for the publication of a firm quote
Any arrangement that a systematic internaliser adopts in order to comply with the obligation to make public firm quotes shall satisfy the following conditions:
(a)
the arrangement includes all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the information to be published is reliable, monitored continuously for errors, and corrected as soon as errors are detected;
(b)
the arrangement complies with technical arrangements equivalent to those specified for approved publication arrangements (APAs) in Article 14 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/571 that facilitate the consolidation of the data with similar data from other sources;
(c)
the arrangement makes the information available to the public on a non-discriminatory basis;
(d)
the arrangement includes the publication of the time the quotes have been entered or amended in accordance with Article 50 of Directive 2014/65/EU as specified in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/574 ( 3 ).
( 3 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/574 of 7 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the level of accuracy of business clocks (see page 148 of this Official Journal).