--- title: "Article 29a — Services provided to professional clients" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606" source_retrieved: 2026-09-28 shortTitle: "Article 29a — Services provided to professional clients" instrument_type: level1_directive authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Directive 2014/65/EU" instrument: mifid2 celex: "32014L0065" regulation: MiFID II regulation-full: "Directive 2014/65/EU" article: 29a status: in_force object_id: eu.mifid2.legal_text.article.29a text_version: "Consolidated version of 6 June 2026" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 6 June 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0065-20260606)* 1. The requirements laid down in point (c) of [Article 24(4)](24.md) shall not apply to services provided to professional clients except for investment advice and portfolio management. 2. The requirements laid down in the third subparagraph of [Article 25(2)](25.md) and in [Article 25(6)](25.md) shall not apply to services provided to professional clients, unless those clients inform the [investment firm](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/mifid-ii/investment-firm) either in electronic format or on paper that they wish to benefit from the rights provided for in those provisions. 3. Member States shall ensure that investment firms keep a record of the client communications referred to in paragraph 2. *** [Title II — Authorisation and operating conditions for investment firms](../titles/ii.md) · [← Article 29](29.md) · [Article 30 →](30.md)