F1TITLE IVTRANSACTION REPORTING
Article 27Obligation 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 F2the FCA with identifying reference data for the purposes of transaction reporting under Article 26.
With regard to other financial instruments covered by Article F326(2)(b) or (c) traded on its system, each systematic internaliser shall provide F4the FCA with reference data relating to those financial instruments.
Identifying reference data shall be made ready for submission to the F5FCA 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. F6 This data is to be transmitted without delay to the FCA, which must publish it as soon as practicable on its website.
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2.
In order to allow F8the 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, F9the FCA shall establish the necessary arrangements in order to ensure that:
(a)
F10the 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.
F12The 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 F13the 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 F14the FCA pursuant to paragraph 2.